Brim River

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Mouth of the Brim River at the Gardner Canal

The Brim River is a river in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, flowing into Owyacumish Bay which is at the west end of the Barrie Reach of the Gardner Canal. [1]

British Columbia Coast coastline alongside the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia, Canada

The British Columbia Coast or BC Coast is Canada's western continental coastline on the North Pacific Ocean. The usage is synonymous with the term West Coast of Canada.

Gardner Canal fjord in British Columbia, Canada

The Gardner Canal is one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast. Technically a side-inlet of the larger Douglas Channel, the Gardner Canal is still 90 km (56 mi) in length in its own right; total length of the waterways converging on the Douglas Channel is 320 km (200 mi) making it one of the largest fjord-complexes in the world. The entrance to the Gardner Canal is hidden behind Hawkesbury Island, and is accessed via Devastation Sound or Varney Passage which form the northeast and southeast flanks of that island. It was named in 1793 by George Vancouver in honour of his friend and former commander, Alan Gardner, 1st Baron Gardner. One of his men, Joseph Whidbey, first charted it the same year.

At the mouth of the Brim River is the Brim River Hot Springs Protected Area, which feature an undeveloped hot spring and pristine old-growth forests. The 202 hectares (500 acres) park is backcountry wilderness and has no visitor facilities. [2]

Names

The name Brim River is thought to have been conferred by Captain Pender of the Royal Navy, though the reason for the name is unknown.

Daniel Pender was a Royal Navy Staff Commander, later Captain, who surveyed the Coast of British Columbia aboard HMS Plumper, HMS Hecate and the Beaver from 1857 to 1870.

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The Haisla language name for the river is Uyagemis ('facing west') ....the Brim and nearby Owyacumish Creek (Anak'edi in Haisla) are in the stewardship area or the holder of the chiefly name Gwenaxnud, head of the Haisla Blackfish clan. [3]

The Haisla language, X̄a’islak̓ala or X̌àh̓isl̩ak̓ala, is a First Nations language spoken by the Haisla people of the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, who are based in the village of Kitaamat 10 km from the town of Kitimat at the head of the Douglas Channel, a 120 km fjord that serves as a waterway for the Haisla as well as for the aluminum smelter and accompanying port of the town of Kitimat. The Haisla and their language, along with that of the neighbouring Heiltsuk and Wuikinuxv peoples, were in the past incorrectly called "Northern Kwakiutl".

Haisla people

The Haisla are an amalgamation of 2 bands, the Kitamaat people of upper Douglas Channel and an Devastation Channel and the Kitlope of upper Princess Royal Channel and Gardner Canal in BC. The Kitamaat call themselves Haisla ; and the Kitlope Henaaksiala, a reference to their traditional longevity. "The word 'Kitamaat' comes from the Tsimshian people, who originate from the Prince Rupert and Metlakatla areas. While 'Kitamaat' means ‘people of the snow’ in Tsimshian, Kit means people and Amaat refers to territory or place. The name Kitamaat became misrepresented in 1955 when the Alcan Industries entered to build in their territory. Alcan attempted bring a new face to the territory and called it the "town of the future" and changed the spelling to Kitamat. The Haisla name for Kitamaat Village is 'Tsee-Motsa', meaning 'Snag Beach". The Haisla are a group indigenous people that have been living at Kitamat in the North Coast region of British Columbia and have been occupying these lands for the last 9000 years. Today, the Haisla people are centered on the Kitamaat Village or othewise known as Kitamat Village. Home to about half of the 17000 Haisla, the Kitamaat Village sits at the head of the Douglas Channed in British Columbia, while the balance of the people lives elsewhere in the Greater Vancouver region. Their indigenous language is named after them in most English usage, though its actual name is X̄a’islak̓ala. The name Haisla is derived from the Haisla word x̣àʼisla or x̣àʼisəla(those) living at the rivermouth, living downriver'. Along with the neighbouring Wuikinuxv and Heiltsuk people, they were incorrectly known in the past as the Northern Kwakiutl.

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References

  1. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Brim River"
  2. ↑ "Brim River Hot Springs Protected Area". www.env.gov.bc.ca. Ministry of Environment - BC Parks. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. ↑ from BC Names/GeoBC entry "Brim River" information contributed February 2007 by anthropologist James V. (Jay) Powell, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; consultant to Haisla Nation, 2000-present

Coordinates: 53°30′41″N128°21′55″W / 53.51139°N 128.36528°W / 53.51139; -128.36528

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