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The Chilcotin (/ tʃ ɪ l ˈ k oʊ t ɪ n /) [2] region of British Columbia is usually known simply as "the Chilcotin", and also in speech commonly as "the Chilcotin Country" or simply Chilcotin. It is a plateau and mountain region in British Columbia on the inland lee of the Coast Mountains on the west side of the Fraser River .
Tsilhqotʼin chiefs pose with new highway signage displaying Tsilhqotʼin community names. The Tsilhqotʼin or Chilcotin ("People of the river", / tʃ ɪ l ˈ k oʊ t ɪ n / chil-KOH-tin; [3] also spelled Tsilhqutʼin, Tŝinlhqotʼin, Chilkhodin, Tsilkótin, Tsilkotin) are a North American tribal government of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group that live in what is now known as ...
Map showing geological formations related to the Canadian Cascade Arc. The Chilcotin Group, also called the Chilcotin Plateau Basalts, is a large area of basaltic lava that forms a volcanic plateau running parallel with the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt in south-central British Columbia, Canada.
Hunting guide Ted (Chilco) Choate of Gaspard Lake, on the Chilcotin Plateau just northeast of the Spruce Lake Protected Area has joined in the call to combine all these three parks, plus the Churn Creek Protected Area to their northeast, plus some of the surrounding country and the deep, much higher heart of the Pacific Ranges into a National ...
The Chilcotin River /tʃɪlˈkoʊtɪn/ [5] located in Southern British Columbia, Canada is a 241 km (150 mi) long tributary of the Fraser River. [6] The name Chilcotin comes from Tŝilhqot’in, meaning "ochre river people," where ochre refers to the mineral used by Tŝilhqot’in Nation and other Indigenous communities as a base for paint or dye. [7]
Location of "the Cariboo" as a cultural/historical region, including the Chilcotin and Lillooet-Thompson areas Location of the Cariboo Plateau proper. The Cariboo is an intermontane region of British Columbia, Canada, centered on a plateau stretching from Fraser Canyon to the Cariboo Mountains.
The British Columbia government also installed a commemorative plaque at the site of the hanging of the Tsilhqot'in chiefs. [8] In 2014, the British Columbia government exonerated the Chilcotin leaders. Premier Christy Clark stated, "We confirm without reservation that these six Tsilhqot'in chiefs are fully exonerated for any crime or wrongdoing."
Pages in category "Chilcotin Country" ... British Columbia Highway 20; C. Canadian Forces Camp Chilcotin; Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council; Chilcotin (disambiguation)