Ustlawn (
Squamish language
Squamish ( ; ', ''sníchim'' meaning "language") is a Coast Salish language spoken by the Squamish people of the Pacific Northwest. It is spoken in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, centred on their reserve communities in Squamish, Nort ...
: Eslhá7an) is a
Squamish village community located on the shores of
North Vancouver. The Squamish name Eslhá7an translates as ''head bay'', denoted what used to be the furthest out reaching bay enclave in the
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 coa ...
. Its origin as a primary village goes back to the earliest missionaries in British Columbia with the St. Paul's Catholic Church being the oldest extant church in British Columbia and a
National Historic Site of Canada
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.
It is also home to the Eslha7an Training Center, the Stitsma Employment Center, and the So-Sah-Latch Health and Family Centre. On the shores of the village is the Mosquito Creek Marina. The official name of the
Indian reserve
In Canada, an Indian reserve () or First Nations reserve () is defined by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." ...
it is situated on is Mission Indian Reserve No. 1.
See also
*
List of Squamish villages
This is a list of Squamish people, Squamish villages. The Squamisn originally lived in the area around Howe Sound only, but were invited to Burrard Inlet by the Tsleil-waututh around 1800 to share that inlet after depopulation of the Tsleil-wautu ...
References
Bibliography
* Barman, Jean (2007)
005
''005'' (pronounced "''double-o five''") is a 1981 arcade video game by Sega. They advertised it as the first of their RasterScan Convert-a-Game series, designed so that it could be changed into another game in minutes "at a substantial savings. ...
''Stanley Park's Secret: The Forgotten Families of Whoi Whoi, Kanaka Ranch and Brockton Point''. Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing. .
External links
Squamish NationSquamish Nation Marine GroupThe Creek Marina & Boatyard
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Indian reserves in the Lower Mainland
Squamish villages