Kanaka Bar is an unincorporated community and locality in the
Fraser Canyon region of
British Columbia, Canada, located near the town of
Lytton. Named for a gold-bearing bar on the
Fraser River below, which was mined by
Hawaiians (called "
Kanakas
Kanakas were workers (a mix of voluntary and involuntary) from various Pacific Islands employed in British colonies, such as British Columbia (Canada), Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Queensland (Australia) in the 19t ...
" in the argot of the time), Kanaka Bar is the home of the office and main
rancherie A Rancherie is a First Nations residential area of an Indian reserve in colloquial English throughout the Canadian province of British Columbia. Originating in an adaptation of ''ranchería'', a Californian term for the residential area of a '' ranc ...
of the
Kanaka Bar Indian Band
Kanaka Bar First Nation (Thompson language: T'eqt'aqtn'mux) is a First Nations in Canada, First Nations government located at Kanaka Bar, British Columbia, Canada, between the towns of Boston Bar, British Columbia, Boston Bar and Lytton, British Co ...
of the
Nlaka'pamux peoples, and is also the source of the name of Kanaka Bar Indian Reserve No. 1A and Kanaka Bar Indian Reserve No. 2 which are governed by the band.
The community lies within the
Interior Douglas-Fir (IDF) Biogeoclimatic Zone and is on the boundary between "very dry hot" (IDFxh1) and "wet warm" (IDFww) variants, an early stage of a transition from interior to coastal ecotypes that is seen as one travels south in the Fraser Canyon from Lytton to
Hope
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As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish ...
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See also
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Kanakas
Kanakas were workers (a mix of voluntary and involuntary) from various Pacific Islands employed in British colonies, such as British Columbia (Canada), Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Queensland (Australia) in the 19t ...
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Kanaka Creek, British Columbia
Kanaka Creek is an historic rural residential area located within Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, along the banks of the creek of the same name just east of the district's main town and commercial core of Haney. Just east is Albion an ...
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Fraser Canyon
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
Populated places in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District
Populated places on the Fraser River
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