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"Kitimat" in the Tsimshian language refers to the Haisla First Nation as the "People of the Snow". Before 1950 the Kitimat township was a small fishing village at the head of the Kitimat Arm of the Douglas Channel, a deepwater fjord.
Kitamaat Village, formerly Kitimat Mission, [1] [2] is the principal community of the Haisla people and their government, the Haisla Nation. Located on the Kitamaat 2 First Nations Reserve (formerly Kitimat 2) on the east side of Kitimat Arm just south of the town of Kitimat , British Columbia.
Kitamaat Village, which serves as the Haisla reserve, is located a 20-minute drive south of Kitimat town. Kitimat is known for housing the aluminum smelter of Alcan Incorporated and is situated at the head of the Douglas Channel, a fjord spanning 90 km (56 mi) that acts as a saltwater corridor connecting the community, the town, and the port of Kitimat to the Pacific Ocean.
The Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine is a local government administration in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. [3] As of the 2021 Canadian census, it had a population of 37,790 living on a land area of 104,307.25 km 2 (40,273.25 sq mi). [2]
The Haisla Nation is the Indian Act-mandated band government which represents the Haisla people in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the reserve community of Kitamaat Village.
see John-di John-gone qic RINV w̓ac̓iacx̄i dog. RINV Duqʷel John-di qic w̓ac̓iacx̄i see John-gone RINV dog. RINV "John saw the dog" Sociolinguistics Due to the large number of language groups on the Northwest Coast, there was a great deal of contact through trade and cultural exchange. This excess of communication eventually led to the creation of a special "trade language". Called ...
The Kitimat Ranges, rising behind Kitimat, British Columbia. The Kitimat Ranges lie between the Nass River and Portland Inlet in the north [2] and the Bella Coola River and Burke Channel on the south, and are bounded on their east by the Hazelton Mountains and include the mountainous islands of the North Coastal Archipelago, as well as King Island, which lies between Dean Channel and the ...
Haisla people, an indigenous people living in Kitamaat, British Columbia, Canada. Haisla language , their northern Wakashan language. Haisla Nation , a First Nations band government in British Columbia, Canada.