The 'Namgis First Nation is a 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 and the former utopian community of

Sointula Sointula is an isolated village on Malcolm Island in British Columbia, Canada. Lying between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland, northeast of Port McNeill and not far from Alert Bay, the island is part of the historic and present ...

, established by Finnish immigrants. Both communities are offshore across Broughton Strait from the town of Port McNeill, which is on Vancouver Island. The majority of 'Namgis First Nation territory, however, spans the basin of the

Nimpkish River The Nimpkish River is a river in northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is the longest river on the Island, rising on the west slope of Mount Alston, flowing northwest into Nimpkish Lake and then north into the Broughton Strai ...

and

Nimpkish Lake Nimpkish Lake is a lake on in the Northern Vancouver Island region of British Columbia, Canada. It is the location of Nimpkish Lake Provincial Park and is 32 km south of Port McNeill. The lake is in the traditional territory of the Namgis ...

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 Xwalkw on the north side of the mouth of the

, which in the Kwak'wala language is called ''Gwani''.

Indian reserves

Indian reserves under the governance of the 'Namgis First Nation are:Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "Reserves/Settlements/Villages Detail"
/ref> * Alert Bay IR No. 1, on the east shore of Alert Bay on

Cormorant Island Cormorant Island is a 10 ha island lying in Bismarck Strait 1 km south of Anvers Island, east-south-east of Bonaparte Point, in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It lies some 5 km to the south-east of the United States' Palm ...

, 74.60 ha. * Alert Bay IR No. 1A, a west portion of Cormorant Island, 161.60 ha. * Ar-ce-wy-ee IR No. 4, on the left bank of the

, 3 miles south of its mouth, 16.70 ha. * Ches-la-kee IR No. 3, at the mouth of the Nimpkish River, 118.20 ha. * Ksui-la-das IR No. 6, on Ksuiladas Island, the most southerly of the

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 = ...

of islands, 25.80 ha. * Kuldekuma IR No. 7, on Kuldekuma Island, the most northerly of the

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 ...

just east of Cormorant Island, 22.0 ha. * Nimpkish Indian Reserve No. 2, on Cormorant Island on the east shore of Alert Bay, south of Alert Bay IR No. 1, 2.70 ha. * O-tsaw-las IR No. 5, on the right bank of the Nimpkish River, north of

, 20.40 ha.

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External links

‘Namgis First Nation website'Namgis Profile at BC Treaty Website'Namgis on Facebook
Kwakwaka'wakw governments Northern Vancouver Island {{FirstNations-stub

Indian reserves

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