Hagwilget or Hagwilgyet is a
First Nations reserve community of the
Wet'suwet'en people located on the lower
Bulkley River
The Bulkley River in British Columbia is a major tributary of the Skeena River. The Bulkley is long with a drainage basin covering .
Much of the Bulkey is paralleled by Highway 16. It flows west from Bulkley Lake past Perow and is joined near ...
just east of
Hazelton in northwestern
British Columbia, Canada. The community's name means "well-dressed" as in "ostentatious," though another meaning is "the quiet people". It has also been spelled Awillgate and Ackwilgate and it has also been named Rocher Déboulé - "falling rock" - a reference to a landslide in this area from Rocher Déboulé Mountain, which blocked
salmon runs on the Bulkley River at this location.
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Hagwilget Canyon
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Hagwilget Canyon Bridge
References
BC Names listing "Hagwilget" (community)
Bulkley Valley
Skeena Country
Wet'suwet'en
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