Kingcome, British Columbia Explained
Kingcome, also known as Okwunalis or Ukwana'lis[1] [2] is an unincorporated settlement in the Kingcome Inlet area of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located a few kilometres up the Kingcome River (known as Gwa'yi in Kwak'wala[3]) from the head of the inlet.[4] Quaee Indian Reserve No. 7 is the Indian reserve containing the village.[5]
It is the home of one of the four tribes of the Dzawada’enuxw (Tsawataineuk) subgroup of the Kwakwaka'wakw and was in the past site of a large cannery. It is the setting for the book I Heard the Owl Call My Name.
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50.9667°N -126.1833°W
Notes and References
- http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/54868.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Okwunalis"
- https://www.kingcome.ca/accommodation/ Dzawada̱ʼenux̱w First Nation - About us
- https://www.sfu.ca/brc/virtual_village/Kwakwaka_wakw/gwa-yi--kingcombe-.html Simon Fraser University Digital Village project "Gwa'yi (Kingcome)"
- http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/25614.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kingcome (locality)"
- http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/65472.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Quaee 7 (Indian reserve)"
