Kitwanga or Gitwangak or Gitwangax ("people of the place of rabbits" in the Gitxsan language) is located where the

Kitwanga River The Kitwanga River is a tributary of the Skeena River near Hazelton in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, joining that stream at the community of Kitwanga (Gitwangak), which means "people of the place of rabbits". The river is approximate ...

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 nearby

Kitwanga 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 Old or OLD may refer to: Places *Old, Baranya, Hungary *Old, Northamptonshire, England * Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) *OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, M ...

(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

References

BC Names/GeoBC listing "Kitwanga (community)"

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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

National Historic Site of Canada

Notable residents

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