ʼNamgis First Nation

	ʼNamgis First Nation The 'Namgis First Nation is a First Nations in Canada, First Nations band government on northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, and on adjoining islands in the southern Queen Charlotte Strait region. The territory of the 'Namgis First Nation spans the islands of the southern Queen Charlotte Strait (Malcolm Island and Cormorant Island), which include the town of Alert Bay, British Columbia, Alert Bay and the former utopian community of Sointula, British Columbia, Sointula, established by Finns, Finnish immigrants. Both communities are offshore across Broughton Strait from the town of Port McNeill, British Columbia, Port McNeill, which is on Vancouver Island. The majority of 'Namgis First Nation territory, however, spans the basin of the Nimpkish River and Nimpkish Lake and adjoining parts of the interior of northern Vancouver Island. The main village of the 'Namgis is Yalis, on Cormorant Island adjacent to Alert Bay. The original village site was at a place called Xwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	First Nations In Canada First Nations (french: Premières Nations) is a term used to identify those Indigenous Canadian peoples who are neither Inuit nor Métis. Traditionally, First Nations in Canada were peoples who lived south of the tree line, and mainly south of the Arctic Circle. There are 634 recognized First Nations governments or bands across Canada. Roughly half are located in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. Under Charter jurisprudence, First Nations are a "designated group," along with women, visible minorities, and people with physical or mental disabilities. First Nations are not defined as a visible minority by the criteria of Statistics Canada. North American indigenous peoples have cultures spanning thousands of years. Some of their oral traditions accurately describe historical events, such as the Cascadia earthquake of 1700 and the 18th-century Tseax Cone eruption. Written records began with the arrival of European explorers and colonists during the Age of Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Cormorant Island (British Columbia) Cormorant Island is an island in Queen Charlotte Strait on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It has a total land area of about 4 square km and is located south of Malcolm Island and east of Port McNeill. Approximately 954 people (2016 census) live on the island, primarily in the village of Alert Bay and the 'Namgis First Nation. Approximately 60% of persons on the island live on one of the reserves, which together occupy about 30% of the island's land area. The island is accessible by boat or by air. BC Ferries runs a passenger and car ferry between Cormorant Island, Malcolm Island, and Port McNeill which departs from Cormorant Island approximately every three hours during the day. There are two airports on the island: Alert Bay Water Aerodrome allows for access via floatplane, while Alert Bay Airport allows for conventional airplanes. Name origin The island was named for the paddle sloop HMS ''Cormorant'' in 1846, by that vessel's commander, George T. Gor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nimpkish Indian Reserve No Nimpkish is an anglicization of the name of the 'Namgis subgroup of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples. It can refer to: * MV ''Nimpkish'', a 1973 BC Ferry the Nimpkish River Lower Nimpkish Provincial Park, a part in the river's lower basin Nimpkish Lake, a lake in the river's basin *Nimpkish Lake Provincial Park, a provincial park on the southwest shores of that lake Nimpkish First Nation is an old transliteration of the band government now known as the Namgis First Nation * Nimpkish Indian Reserve No. 2, an Indian reserve governed by the ‘Namgis First Nation , a bank or shoal offshore from the mouth of the Nimpkish River Nimpkish Camp, a former logging community at the southeast end of Nimpkish Lake * Nimpkish Heights, a locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pearse Group Pearse may refer to: * Pearse (surname), includes list of people with the name * Pearse Island, an island on the north coast of British Columbia, Canada * Pearse Islands, a small archipelago at the northern entrance to Johnstone Strait, near Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada ** Pearse Peninsula, Broughton Island * Pearse Museum, Dublin, Ireland * Pearse River, Tasman, New Zealand * Pearse Strait, Nunavut, Canada See also * Pearse Park (other) * * * Pearce (other) * Peirce (other) Peirce may refer to: Schools * Peirce College, Philadelphia, formerly known as Peirce College of Business, Peirce Junior College and Peirce School of Business Administration * Peirce School (also known as Old Peirce School), West Newton, Massachus ... {{dab, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Plumper Group The Plumper Islands, also referred to as the Plumper Group, are a small group of island located between Hanson Island and the Pearse Islands in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia , settlement_type = Region of British Columbia , image_skyline = , nickname = "The Coast" , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = British .... The island are named for , which surveyed the Coast of British Columbia in 1858–1861. References Archipelagoes of British Columbia Central Coast of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaCentralCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]