Hazelton, British Columbia

E449816

Hazelton, British Columbia is a small historic village in northwestern B.C. known as one of the oldest settlements in the region and a traditional Gitxsan First Nation community.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
village ⓘ
areaCode 236 ⓘ
250 ⓘ
672 ⓘ
778 ⓘ
climate continental climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 70 km northwest of Smithers, British Columbia ⓘ
ethnicCommunity Gitxsan First Nation ⓘ
foundingPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
governingBody Village of Hazelton Council ⓘ
hasAttraction First Nations cultural sites ⓘ
Skeena River scenery ⓘ
historic downtown core ⓘ
nearby totem poles ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHeritage Gitxsan culture ⓘ
hasIndigenousLanguage Gitxsanimaax ⓘ
linked to: Gitxsan Lax Yip
hasMunicipalStatus village municipality ⓘ
hasNearbyAirport Smithers Regional Airport ⓘ
hasNearbyMountainRange Hazelton Mountains ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Gitanmaax, British Columbia ⓘ
Gitsegukla, British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Hagwilget

Glen Vowell, British Columbia ⓘ
Kispiox, British Columbia ⓘ
New Hazelton, British Columbia ⓘ
South Hazelton, British Columbia ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hasTransportation Highway 16 access ⓘ
historicalRole early regional trading centre ⓘ
riverboat terminus on the Skeena River ⓘ
knownFor First Nations culture ⓘ
being one of the oldest settlements in northwestern British Columbia ⓘ
historic village character ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
northwestern British Columbia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine ⓘ
locatedInEcologicalRegion Interior Cedar–Hemlock zone ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northern British Columbia ⓘ
Skeena Country ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNearRiver Bulkley River ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Skeena River ⓘ
partOf Gitxsan traditional territory ⓘ
postalCodePrefix V0J ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Skeena River → flowsThrough → Hazelton, British Columbia ⓘ
Skeena River → flowsThrough → New Hazelton, British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Hazelton, British Columbia
Skeena River → majorTownAlongRiver → Hazelton, British Columbia ⓘ
Gitxsan people → hasSettlement → Hazelton, British Columbia ⓘ
Gitxsan Treaty Society → headquartersLocation → Hazelton, British Columbia ⓘ
Kispiox → locatedNear → Hazelton, British Columbia ⓘ
Glen Vowell (Sik-e-dakh) → near → Hazelton, British Columbia ⓘ
Gitwangak → locatedNear → Hazelton, British Columbia ⓘ
Bulkley River → mouthLocatedInOrNear → Hazelton, British Columbia ⓘ
Skeena Mountains → locatedNear → town of Hazelton ⓘ
linked to: Hazelton, British Columbia
Hazelton, British Columbia → hasNearbySettlement → New Hazelton, British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Hazelton, British Columbia
Skeena Country → hasCommunity → Hazelton, British Columbia ⓘ
Skeena Country → hasCommunity → Old Hazelton, British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Hazelton, British Columbia