New Vancouver Explained

Official Name:New Vancouver
Pushpin Map:Canada British Columbia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of New Vancouver in British Columbia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Coordinates:50.5694°N -126.6119°W
Area Code:250, 778

New Vancouver, also known as Tzatsisnukomi,[1] T˜sadzis' nukwame' or t̕sa̱dzis'nukwa̱me in the Kwak'wala language,[2] is a Kwakwaka'wakw community on Harbledown Island in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, near the community of Alert Bay. New Vancouver is the main village of the Da'naxda'xw subgroup of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples. New Vancouver is at Dead Point on the north end of Harbeldown Island, at the west end of Beware Passage.[3] [4]

Name origin and history

Tzatsisnukomi is Kwak'wala for "eelgrass in front". The site is within Mamalilikulla territory but was settled by Da'naxda'xw and Aweatatla who moved from Kalugwis in 1891 and built houses on what was to become Dead Point Indian Reserve No. 5. It is not clear whether the move was made at the invitation of the Mamalilikulla or if the site was purchased from them.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/54899.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tzatsisnukomi (Former First Nation village)"
  2. Web site: FirstVoices: Kwak̓wala. Nature / Environment - place names: words. 2012-07-08.
  3. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/65463.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Dead Point 5 (Indian reserve)"
  4. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/25482.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Dead Point (point)"
  5. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/54899.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tzatsisnukomi (Former First Nation village)"