Kitlope is a
Tsimshian
The Tsimshian (; tsi, Ts’msyan or Tsm'syen) are an Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Their communities are mostly in coastal British Columbia in Terrace, British Columbia, Terr ...
word meaning "people of the rocks" or "people from the opening in the mountains", a reference to a subgroup of the
Haisla Haisla may refer to:
* Haisla people, an indigenous people living in Kitamaat, British Columbia, Canada.
* Haisla language, their northern Wakashan language.
* Haisla Nation The Haisla Nation is the Indian Act-mandated band government which nominall ...
peoples. History shows that this village at one time was
Kitselas
{{about, the people, the location, Kitselas, British Columbia, their band government, Kitselas First Nation
Kitselas, Kitsalas or Gits'ilaasü are one of the 14 tribes of the Tsimshian nation of British Columbia, in northwestern Canada. The origi ...
Territory until the Haisla arrived. The Gitlope people forced into Haisla Territory adopted the ways of the Haisla Peoples. The term may refer to:
*the Kitlope group of the
Haisla people
The Haisla (also known as Xa’islak’ala, X̄a’islakʼala, X̌àʼislakʼala, X̣aʼislak’ala, Xai:sla) are an amalgamation of two bands, the Kitamaat people of upper Douglas Channel and Devastation Channel and the Kitlope People of upp ...
, who call themselves
Henaksiala, and are now part of the
Haisla Nation The Haisla Nation is the Indian Act-mandated band government which nominally represents the Haisla people in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the reserve community of Kitamaat Village. The tradition ...
at
Kitimaat Village Kitamaat Village, formerly Kitimat Mission, is the principal community of the Haisla people and their government, the Haisla Nation. Located on the ''Kitamaat 2'' First Nations Reserve (formerly Kitimat 2) on the east side of Kitimat Arm just sout ...
, British Columbia
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Kitlope Anchorage a harbour or anchorage on the North Coast of British Columbia
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Kitlope 16, an Indian Reserve on the North Coast of British Columbia
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Kitlope Lake Kitlope is a Tsimshian language, Tsimshian word meaning "people of the rocks" or "people from the opening in the mountains", a reference to a subgroup of the Haisla people, Haisla peoples. History shows that this village at one time was Kitselas Ter ...
, a lake in the North Coast region of British Columbia
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Kitlope Range
The Kitlope Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, located southeast of Kitlope Lake in British Columbia, Canada. It is surrounded by the Tezwa River, Tezwa and Kitlope Rivers.
See also
*Kitlope (disambiguation), Kitlope (disambiguation ...
, a subrange of the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains
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Kitlope River
The Kitlope River is a river in the Kitimat Ranges in the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, flowing north for ,Length measured using Google Maps path tool, BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, anTopoQuest into the head of the Gardner Canal ...
, a river on the North Coast of British Columbia
*the term "the Kitlope" may also refer to the basin of the Kitlope River and its tributaries
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Kitlope Heritage Conservancy
The Kitlope Heritage Conservancy or Huchsduwachsdu Nuyem Jees ("source of milky blue waters") in the Haisla language, is a conservancy located on the Pacific coast of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It preserves the largest continuous t ...
, a protected area covering the Kitlope, managed by BC Parks
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