Kitkiata Inlet

Kitkiata Inlet (53˚38'00" 129˚17'00" W side of Douglas Channel, SW of Kitimat). This Tsimshian word means “people of the cane.” The Gitga’at (Kitka’ata) First Nation, whose members are part of the Tsimshian cultural family, trace their origins to Damelahamid, a legendary homeland at the head of the Skeena R. When a vast flood destroyed that town, the Gitga’at moved to the Douglas Channel area on the coast, symbolically taking possession of this territory when their chief placed his...

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