ʼNamgis First Nation

	ʼNamgis First Nation The 'Namgis First Nation (styled ʼNa̱mǥis) is a First Nations in Canada, First Nations band government on northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, and on adjoining islands in the southern Queen Charlotte Strait region. The territory of the 'Namgis First Nation spans the islands of the southern Queen Charlotte Strait (Malcolm Island and Cormorant Island), which include the town of Alert Bay, British Columbia, Alert Bay and the former utopian community of Sointula, British Columbia, Sointula, established by Finns, Finnish immigrants. Both communities are offshore across Broughton Strait from the town of Port McNeill, British Columbia, Port McNeill, which is on Vancouver Island. The majority of 'Namgis First Nation territory, however, spans the basin of the Nimpkish River and Nimpkish Lake and adjoining parts of the interior of northern Vancouver Island. The main village of the 'Namgis is Yalis, on Cormorant Island adjacent to Alert Bay. The original village site was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	First Nations In Canada ''First Nations'' () is a term used to identify Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. Traditionally, First Nations in Canada were peoples who lived south of the tree line, and mainly south of the Arctic Circle. There are 634 recognized List of First Nations band governments, First Nations governments or bands across Canada. Roughly half are located in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. Under Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Charter jurisprudence, First Nations are a "designated group", along with women, Visible minority, visible minorities, and people with physical or mental disabilities. First Nations are not defined as a visible minority by the criteria of Statistics Canada. North American indigenous peoples have cultures spanning thousands of years. Many of their oral traditions accurately describe historical events, such as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake, Cascadia earthquake of 1700 and the 18th-century Tseax Cone eruption. Writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alert Bay Alert Bay is a village on Cormorant Island, near the town of Port McNeill on northeast Vancouver Island, in the Regional District of Mount Waddington, British Columbia, Canada. Demographics In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Alert Bay had a population of 449 living in 219 of its 266 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 479. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Up to half of the village's residents are First Nations people. The village is in traditional Kwakwakaʼwakw territory. Two Indian Reserves take up the rest of Cormorant Island, Alert Bay 1 on the east side of the island, Alert Bay 1A on the west. Facilities and features Alert Bay has a credit union, grocery store, museums, a traditional " big house", a hospital, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police station, a drug store, a post office, four restaurants and retail gift shops, a BC liquor store, a Royal Canadian Legion, a pub, doctors' offices ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nimpkish Indian Reserve No Nimpkish is an anglicization of the name of the 'Namgis subgroup of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples. It can refer to: * MV ''Nimpkish'', a 1973 BC Ferry the Nimpkish River Lower Nimpkish Provincial Park, a part in the river's lower basin Nimpkish Lake, a lake in the river's basin *Nimpkish Lake Provincial Park, a provincial park on the southwest shores of that lake Nimpkish First Nation is an old transliteration of the band government now known as the Namgis First Nation * Nimpkish Indian Reserve No. 2, an Indian reserve governed by the ‘Namgis First Nation , a bank or shoal offshore from the mouth of the Nimpkish River Nimpkish Camp, a former logging community at the southeast end of Nimpkish Lake * Nimpkish Heights, a locality Locality may refer to: * Locality, a historical named location or place in Canada * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pearse Group Pearse may refer to: * Pearse (surname), includes list of people with the name * Pearse Island, an island on the north coast of British Columbia, Canada * Pearse Islands, a small archipelago at the northern entrance to Johnstone Strait, near Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada ** Pearse Peninsula, Broughton Island * Pearse Museum, Dublin, Ireland * Pearse River, Tasman, New Zealand * Pearse Strait, Nunavut, Canada See also * Pearse Park (other) * * * Pearce (other) * Peirce (other) Peirce may refer to: * Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914), American philosopher, founder of pragmatism Schools * Peirce College, Philadelphia, formerly known as Peirce College of Business, Peirce Junior College and Peirce School of Business Admi ... {{dab, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Plumper Group The Plumper Islands, also referred to as the Plumper Group, are a small group of island located between Hanson Island and the Pearse Islands in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia The British Columbia Coast, popularly referred to as the BC Coast or simply the Coast, is a geographic region of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia. As the entire western continental coastline of Canada .... The island are named for , which surveyed the Coast of British Columbia in 1858–1861. References Archipelagoes of British Columbia Central Coast of British Columbia {{BritishColumbia-island-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]