Nakwakto Rapids

Nakwakto Rapids (51˚06'00" 127˚30'00" At junction of Slingsby Channel and Schooner Channel, entrance to Seymour Inlet, NW side of Queen Charlotte Str, N of Port Hardy). This area is part of the traditional territory of the Nakwakto (Nak’waxda’xw, Nakoaktok) people, who are members of the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nation. Their main village, Ba’as (Pahas), was located at Blunden Hbr, to the SE. The Nakwakto produced some notable artists, including Hiamas, or Willie Seaweed, whose carved...

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