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Squamish Nation
The Squamish Nation, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, is a First Nations government of the Squamish people. The Squamish Nation government includes an elected council and an administrative body based primarily in West Vancouver, North Vancouver (city), North Vancouver, and Squamish, BC. The Squamish Nation is responsible for the management of 26 First Nations in Canada, First Nations Indian Reserve, reserves located around the Capilano River, Mosquito Creek, and Seymour River (Burrard Inlet), Seymour River on the north shore of Burrard Inlet in North Vancouver (district municipality), North Vancouver, British Columbia, and along the Squamish River, and in Gibsons and Port Mellon in the Howe Sound. They also jointly own private land holdings with neighbouring First Nations like the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Lil'wat First Nation, Lil’wat. The Squamish Nation is responsible for managing assets and revenues generated by the Squamish Nation, providing several programs and services ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squamish People
The Squamish people ( , historically transliterated as Sko-ko-mish) are an indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Archaeological evidence shows they have lived in the area for more than a thousand years. In 2012, there was population of 3,893 band members registered with the Squamish Nation. Their language is the Squamish language or , considered a part of the Coast Salish languages, and is categorized as Language extinction, nearly extinct with just 10 fluent speakers as of 2010. The traditional territory is in the area now in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, and covers Point Grey as the southern border. From here, it continues northward to Roberts Creek, British Columbia, Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast (British Columbia), Sunshine Coast, up the Howe Sound. The northern part includes the Squamish River, Squamish, Cheakamus River, Cheakamus, Elaho River, Elaho and Mamquam River, Mamquam rivers. Up the Cheaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burrard Inlet
Burrard Inlet () is a shallow-sided fjord in the northwestern Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada. Formed during the last Ice Age, it separates the City of Vancouver and the rest of the lowland Burrard Peninsula to the south from the coastal slopes of the North Shore Mountains, which span West Vancouver and the City and District of North Vancouver to the north. Burrard Inlet opens west into the Strait of Georgia between Point Atkinson and Point Grey. Vancouver's Downtown Peninsula protrudes northwesterly into the inlet, separating it into the wide outer Burrard Inlet to the west and the elongated inner Burrard Inlet to the east. The southeastern portion of the outer inlet is an open bay known as English Bay, which has a narrow eastern inlet called False Creek. The strait between Prospect Point and the sandbanks just east of the Capilano River mouth, which connects the inlet's outer and inner sections, is known as the First Narrows, traversed by the Lions Gate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver
Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Metro Vancouver area had a population of 2.6million in 2021, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada#List, third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Greater Vancouver, along with the Fraser Valley, comprises the Lower Mainland with a regional population of over 3million. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with over , and the fourth highest in North America (after New York City, San Francisco, and Mexico City). Vancouver is one of the most Ethnic origins of people in Canada, ethnically and Languages of Canada, linguistically diverse cities in Canada: 49.3 percent of its residents are not native English speakers, 47.8 percent are native speakers of nei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musqueam Indian Band
The Musqueam Nation (Hunquminum: ) is a First Nations in Canada, First Nation whose traditional territory encompasses the western half of what is now Greater Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada. It is governed by a band council and is known officially as the Musqueam Indian Band under the ''Indian Act''. "Musqueam" ( ) is an Anglicisation of names, anglicization of the Hunquminum name , which means "place of the Scolochloa, river grass" or "place where the river grass grows" ( being the Hunquminum name of the plant). Etymology "Musqueam" is derived from the Hunquminum name , which is itself a derivative of , the Hunquminum name for river grass. River grass was historically abundant in Musqueam territory; accordingly means "place of the river grass" or "place where the river grass grows". The oral history of the Musqueam people speaks to the plant's cultural significance. The Musqueam origin story tells of an enormous double-headed serpent () which lived in Camosun Bog ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsleil-Waututh First Nation
The Tsleil-Waututh Nation (, ), formerly known as the Burrard Indian Band or Burrard Inlet Indian Band, is a First Nations band government in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Tsleil-Waututh Nation ("TWN") are Coast Salish peoples who speak hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, the Downriver dialect of the Halkomelem language, and are closely related to but politically and culturally separate from the nearby nations of the ( Squamish) and ( Musqueam), with whose traditional territories some claims overlap. The TWN is a member government of the Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council, which includes other governments on the upper Sunshine Coast, southeastern Vancouver Island and the Tsawwassen band on the other side of the Vancouver metropolis from the Tsleil-Waututh. There are almost 600 members with 287 living on the reserve as of January 2018. According to the 2011 National Community Well-Being Index, Burrard Inlet 3 is considered the most prosperous First Nation community in Canada. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squamish, British Columbia
Squamish (; , ; 2021 census population 23,819) is a community and a district municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia, located at the north end of Howe Sound on the British Columbia Highway 99, Sea to Sky Highway. The population of the Squamish census agglomeration, which includes Indian reserve, First Nation reserves of the Squamish Nation although they are not governed by the municipality, is 24,232. The Indigenous Squamish people have lived in the area for thousands of years. The town of Squamish had its beginning during the construction of the BC Rail, Pacific Great Eastern Railway in the 1910s. It was the first southern terminus of that railway (now a part of Canadian National Railway, CN). The town remains important in the operations of the line and also the port. Forestry has traditionally been the main industry in the area, and the town's largest employer was the pulp mill operated by Western Forest Products. However, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Olympic Games
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University of British Columbia, and in the nearby resort town of Whistler. It was regarded by the Olympic Committee to be among the most successful Olympic games in history, in both attendance and coverage. Approximately 2,600 athletes from 82 nations participated in 86 events in fifteen disciplines. Both the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC), headed by John Furlong. The 2010 Winter Games were the third Olympics to be hosted by Canada, and the first to be held within the province of British Columbia. Canada had hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, and the 1988 Winter Olympics in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Band Government
In Canada, an Indian band (), First Nation band () or simply band, is the basic unit of government for those peoples subject to the ''Indian Act'' (i.e. status Indians or First Nations). Bands are typically small groups of people: the largest in the country, the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation had 22,294 members in September 2005, and many have a membership below 100 people. Each First Nation is typically represented by a band council () chaired by an elected chief, and sometimes also a hereditary chief. As of 2013, there were 614 bands in Canada. Membership in a band is controlled in one of two ways: for most bands, membership is obtained by becoming listed on the Indian Register maintained by the government. As of 2013, there were 253 First Nations which had their own membership criteria, so that not all status Indians are members of a band. Bands can be united into larger regional groupings called tribal councils. A treaty council, or treaty association, has ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsleil-Waututh
The Tsleil-Waututh Nation (, ), formerly known as the Burrard Indian Band or Burrard Inlet Indian Band, is a First Nations band government in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Tsleil-Waututh Nation ("TWN") are Coast Salish peoples who speak hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, the Downriver dialect of the Halkomelem language, and are closely related to but politically and culturally separate from the nearby nations of the ( Squamish) and ( Musqueam), with whose traditional territories some claims overlap. The TWN is a member government of the Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council, which includes other governments on the upper Sunshine Coast, southeastern Vancouver Island and the Tsawwassen band on the other side of the Vancouver metropolis from the Tsleil-Waututh. There are almost 600 members with 287 living on the reserve as of January 2018. According to the 2011 National Community Well-Being Index, Burrard Inlet 3 is considered the most prosperous First Nation community in Canada. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musqueam
The Musqueam Nation ( Hunquminum: ) is a First Nation whose traditional territory encompasses the western half of what is now Greater Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada. It is governed by a band council and is known officially as the Musqueam Indian Band under the ''Indian Act''. "Musqueam" ( ) is an anglicization Anglicisation or anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English languag ... of the Hunquminum name , which means "place of the river grass" or "place where the river grass grows" ( being the Hunquminum name of the plant). Etymology "Musqueam" is derived from the Hunquminum name , which is itself a derivative of , the Hunquminum name for river grass. River grass was historically abundant in Musqueam territory; accordingly means "place of the river grass" or "place where the river gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Mellon
Port Mellon is a settlement in British Columbia, Canada, located within the territory of the Squamish Nation, and part of West Howe Sound, Electoral Area F within the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD). Port Mellon is the home to the region's largest employer, thHowe Sound Pulp & Paper Mill While Port Mellon does not have a commercial district, amenities are available a short drive away in Gibsons, British Columbia. Metro Vancouver is accessible via the nearby Langdale Ferry Terminal. Nearby Tetrahedron Provincial Park Tetrahedron Provincial Park is a BC Parks, provincial park located within the territory of the Sechelt Indian Band, shíshálh Nation on the southern Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Sunshine Coast, in British Columbia, Canada. The park was crea ... is a popular location for hiking and camping. The settlement was named for Captain Henry Augustus Mellon who came to Vancouver in 1886. References External links Howe Sound Pulp and Paper Corporation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
