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Kitwanga or Gitwangak or Gitwangax ("people of the place of rabbits" in the Gitxsan language) is located where the Kitwanga River runs into the Skeena River in British Columbia. A long-standing village before contact, the village is within Gitwangak Indian Reserve No. 1.
There is recreational salmon fishing (chinook, coho, pink, sockeye and steelhead). The community is governed by a local band office. As of the current census the population of Kitwanga is approximately 480 and is primarily a small town made up of patriarchal families like the Ranahans Harris, fallers Faulkners Daniels and the Spooners.
BC Names/GeoBC listing "Kitwanga (community)"
Google Map photo of Kitwanga
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Populated places in the Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine Skeena Country Gitxsan {{KitimatStikine-geo-stub
Kitwanga or Gitwangak or Gitwangax ("people of the place of rabbits" in the Gitxsan language) is located where the Kitwanga River runs into the Skeena River in British Columbia. A long-standing village before contact, the village is within Gitwangak Indian Reserve No. 1.
There is recreational salmon fishing (chinook, coho, pink, sockeye and steelhead). The community is governed by a local band office. As of the current census the population of Kitwanga is approximately 480 and is primarily a small town made up of patriarchal families like the Ranahans Harris, fallers Faulkners Daniels and the Spooners.
National Historic Site of Canada
The totem poles of Gitwangak village are a National Historic Site of Canada, as is nearbyKitwanga Fort
Gitwangak Battle Hill National Historic Site, formerly Kitwanga Fort National Historic Site, is a National Historic Site of Canada located near the village of Kitwanga in the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine in British Columbia, Canada. It ...
.
The Gitxsan Nation
Gitxsan (also spelled Gitksan) are an Indigenous people in Canada whose home territory comprises most of the area known as the Skeena Country in English (: means "people of" and : means "the River of Mist"). Gitksan territory encompasses approx ...
is made up of:
*Kitwanga (Gitwangak)
* Kispiox (Anspayax)
* Glen Vowell (Sik i dak)
* Old Hazelton (Gitanmaax)
* Gitsegukla
Gitsegukla (also Kitsegeucla or Skeena Crossing) is a Gitxsan community of about 500 at the confluence of the Kitseguecla and Skeena Rivers, approximately 40 km southwest of Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada. The community is on Gitsegukla ...
, also spelled Kitseguecla or Kitsegukla
* Cedarvale (Meanskaniist or Minskinish,).
*'Ksan
ʼKsan is a historical village and living museum of the Gitxsan Indigenous people in the Skeena Country of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada. ʼKsan is located near Hazelton at the confluence of the Skeena and Bulkley River
The B ...
(living museum/historical village)
Notable residents
*Judith P. Morgan Judith P. Morgan (April 27, 1930 - June 30, 2016) was a First Nations in Canada, First Nations Gitxsan artist from Kitwanga, B.C.Canada.
A Gitksan and member of the Tsimshian First Nations, Morgan was born in the village of Kitwanga in British Colu ...
, painter
See also
*Gitwangak Battle Hill National Historic Site
Gitwangak Battle Hill National Historic Site, formerly Kitwanga Fort National Historic Site, is a National Historic Site of Canada located near the village of Kitwanga in the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine in British Columbia, Canada. It ...
*Kitwanga Mountain Provincial Park
Kitwanga Mountain Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada located on the north side of the Skeena River just west of the Gitxsan community of Kitwanga (Gitwangak).
The park was established on July 23, 1997 and is approx ...
*Kitwanga railway station
Kitwanga station is a railway station in Kitwanga, British Columbia. It is on the Canadian National Railway mainline and serves as a flag stop for Via Rail's Jasper–Prince Rupert train
The Jasper–Prince Rupert train (formerly the ''Skeena ...
* Kispiox
* Hazelton
* Tsimshian
* Nisga'a
References
BC Names/GeoBC listing "Kitwanga (community)"
External links
*Google Map photo of Kitwanga
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Populated places in the Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine Skeena Country Gitxsan {{KitimatStikine-geo-stub