Kitlope River
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The Kitlope River is a river in the Kitimat Ranges
in the North Coast of British Columbia
, Canada
, flowing north into the head of the Gardner Canal
to the south of the smelter town of Kitimat
. It is named for the Gitlope group of Haisla
, now part of the Haisla Nation
government and community at Kitamaat Village near Kitimat. The name is a Tsimshian language reference to the people, who call themselves Henaksiala, and means "people of the rocks" or "people of the opening in the mountains". The Haisla language
name for the river is Xesduwaxwsdu.
Tributaries of the Kitlope are the:
The term "the Kitlope" may refer also to the basin of the Kitlope, including the basins of its tributaries. The area has been the scene of protracted conservationist vs. resource extraction controversy since the 1970s and is now the Kitlope Heritage Conservancy, a protected area managed by BC Parks.
Kitimat Ranges
The Kitimat Ranges are one of the three main subdivisions of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada, the other being the Pacific Ranges to the south and the Boundary Ranges to the north...
in the North Coast of British Columbia
British Columbia Coast
The British Columbia Coast or BC Coast is Canada's western continental coastline on the Pacific Ocean. The usage is synonymous with the term West Coast of Canada....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, flowing north into the head of the Gardner Canal
Gardner Canal
The Gardner Canal is one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast. Technically a side-inlet of the larger Douglas Channel, the Gardner is still 90 km in length in its own right; total length of the waterways converging on the Douglas Channel is 320 km making it one of the...
to the south of the smelter town of Kitimat
Kitimat, British Columbia
Kitimat is a coastal city in northwestern British Columbia, in the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine. The Kitimat Valley, which includes the adjacent community of Terrace, is the most populous urban district in Northwest British Columbia...
. It is named for the Gitlope group of Haisla
Haisla
The Haisla are an indigenous people living at Kitamaat in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Their indigenous Haisla language is named after them...
, now part of the Haisla Nation
Haisla Nation
The Haisla Nation is a First Nations government in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the reserve community of Kitamaat Village, which is near the similarly named town of Kitimat....
government and community at Kitamaat Village near Kitimat. The name is a Tsimshian language reference to the people, who call themselves Henaksiala, and means "people of the rocks" or "people of the opening in the mountains". The Haisla language
Haisla language
The Haisla language is a First Nations language spoken by the Haisla people of the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, who are based in the village of Kitaamat 10 km from the town of Kitimat at the head of the Douglas Channel, a 120 km fjord that serves as a...
name for the river is Xesduwaxwsdu.
Tributaries of the Kitlope are the:
- Tsaytis River (C'itis in Haisla) - joins the Kitlope at its estuary
- Kalitan Creek (Tlasudis in Haisla) - joins the Kitlope via the Tezwa
- Tezwa River (Wa'yuwa in Haisla) - joins the Kitlope via Kitlope Lake
- Gamsby River
- Tnaiko Creek (Daniko in Haisla; the Tenaiko is tributary to the Gamsby - note also Tenaiko RangeTenaiko RangeThe Tenaiko Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges in British Columbia, Canada. It is surrounded by the Gamsby River and Tenaiko Creek.-References:* in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia...
) - Kapella River (Qapela'ax in Haisla)
The term "the Kitlope" may refer also to the basin of the Kitlope, including the basins of its tributaries. The area has been the scene of protracted conservationist vs. resource extraction controversy since the 1970s and is now the Kitlope Heritage Conservancy, a protected area managed by BC Parks.
See also
- Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear SanctuaryKhutzeymateen Grizzly Bear SanctuaryKhutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Established August 1994, northeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, the purpose of the park is to protect the north coast grizzly bear by preserving a part of the ecosystem in which they live.At in size,...
- Great Bear RainforestGreat Bear RainforestThe Great Bear Rainforest is the name coined by environmental groups in the mid-1990s to refer to a region of temperate rain forest in Canada, on the British Columbia Coast between Vancouver Island and Southeast Alaska...
- KitlopeKitlopeKitlope is a Tsimshian word meaning "people of the rocks" or "people from the opening in the mountains", a reference to a subgroup of the Haisla peoples. history shows that this village at one time...
(disambiguation) - List of rivers in British Columbia