Nisga'a Highway, officially designated British Columbia Highway 113, is a

highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It includes not just major roads, but also other public roads and rights of way. In the United States, it is also used as an equivalent term to controlled-access highway, or ...

in the

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. It starts in

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at Highway 16. The route provides paved access to the settlements of the Nisga'a Nation -

Gitlaxt'aamiks Gitlax̱t'aamiks (), formerly New Aiyansh (), is a Nisga'a village about north of Terrace, in the heart of the Nass River valley, Canada. It is one of four Nisga'a villages. Though it is located in British Columbia, it is also considered the ...

(New Aiyansh),

Gitwinksihlkw Gitwinksihlkw ( , ) formerly Canyon City, is a Nisga'a Village in the Nass River valley of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, near that river's confluence with the Tseax River. An older spelling is Kitwilluchsilt. It is one of four Nisga ...

(Canyon City),

Ging̱olx Ging̱olx (; Gingolx or Kincolith) is a Nisga'a, Nisg̱a’a village located at the confluence of the Ksi Gingolx and Nass Rivers in British Columbia, Canada. The village population is approximately 400 people. Ging̱olx is one of four Nisga’a ...

(Kincolith), Laxgalts'ap (Greenville), Nass Camp and others. It enters the Nass Country via the valley of Kitsumkalum Lake, which connects from the Skeena and via the

Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park (Nisga'a: ) is a provincial park in the Crater Creek, Tseax River and Nass River valleys of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, about 80 kilometres north of Terrace, and near the Nisga'a Villages of ...

. The route heads north from Terrace and once into the Nass River Valley then travels west to

(Kincolith), at the

Ksi Gingolx Ksi Gingolx (English pronunciation: ), formerly the Kincolith River, is a river in the northern coast part of the province of British Columbia, Canada. From its source in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains Ksi Gingolx flows southwest for ...

–Nass River confluence, for a total of . There is a spur between New Aiyansh and Nass Camp. The 29 kilometre section of the highway between Laxgalts'ap and

opened on 17 May 2003 at a cost of $34 million (equivalent to 49.74 million in 2022). Before the road, the only ways into

were via boat or floatplane. The route received a newly designed shield and was given the numeric designation of Provincial Highway 113 in Summer 2006. The number 113 was assigned due to its historical significance to the Nisga'a. In 1887, a Nisga'a chief traveled to Victoria to meet with provincial government representatives, demanding self-government. The Nisga'a Final Agreement was passed in Parliament 113 years later in 2000.

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{{BCHighways British Columbia provincial highways Nass Country 2006 establishments in British Columbia

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