Namu

NAMU is a FISHING community on the Central Coast, near the mouth of Burke Channel. There is evidence the site has been used by aboriginal people (see FIRST NATIONS) for at least 11,000 years, making it the oldest recorded place of human habitation on the coast and the longest continuously occupied site in Canada (see also ARCHAEOLOGY). Robert Draney built a cannery in 1893 and it remained in operation, under varied ownership, until 1969. Since 1991 Namu has been a privately owned supply centre...

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