Hopetown (
Kwak'wala: ''heǥa̱m's'' ) is an Indian Reserve community of the Gwawa'enux group of
Kwakwaka'wakw peoples, located on the south side of
Watson Island
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, to the north of
Broughton Island in the
Broughton Archipelago on the north side of the
Queen Charlotte Strait region on the
Central Coast of British Columbia
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, Canada. The community is located entirely within Hopetown Indian Reserve No. 10A. The traditional name of the village in the
Kwak'wala language is Hikums, which has also been spelled Hegams and Hakina and
Hegams, meaning "facing outwards".
History
The village may have been visited on August 1, 1792 by Captain
George Vancouver
Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what a ...
. Sometime in the 1860s, the village was abandoned due to a raid by the Bella Bella (
Heiltsuk) people and was only used as a fishing station, until c.1904 when the village was re-occupied.
A view of
Mount Stephens, which lies to the east near Nimmo Bay and just west of
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, is featured in a woodcut by artist
Walter Phillips showing a welcome figure at the village.
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See also
* List of Indian reserves in British Columbia
*List of Kwakwaka'wakw villages
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People
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Organizations
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References
Central Coast of British Columbia
Kwakwaka'wakw
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