The Gwa'Sala-Nakwaxda'xw Nations are a union of two Kwakwaka'wakw peoples in a band government based on northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, whose main reserve community is near the town of Port Hardy in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. The band government is a member of the Kwakiutl District Council and, for treaty negotiation purposes, the Winalagalis Treaty Group which includes three other members of the Kwakiutl District Council.
Gilford Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada, located between Tribune Channel and Knight Inlet. The island has an area of 382 square kilometres (147 sq mi). Turnour Island is to the south across Tribune Channel, the entrance to Thompson Sound to the east.
Thompson Sound is a sound on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located on the east side of Tribune Channel and to the east of Gilford Island, part of the Broughton Archipelago. The headland on the north side of the sound's entrance is London Point at 50°46′09″N126°07′07″W. The south side of the entrance is demarcated by Cleave Point at 50°44′35″N126°07′28″W.
Actaeon Sound is a sound in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, branching off northeasterly from the north side of Drury Inlet near its head on the mainland of British Columbia to the north of the town of Port McNeill, on the opposite side of Queen Charlotte Strait. On the south side of the sound is the Bond Peninsula at 50°56′50″N127°06′55″W, which is formed by a sidewater, Bond Lagoon at 50°56′34″N127°06′34″W, both presumably named in 1865 by Captain Pender, in association with other Admiralty and HMS Actaeon-related names.
The Chuckwalla River is a river in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, flowing into Kilbella Bay, which is a sidewater of Rivers Inlet. The river's headwaters are at 51°52′N127°54′W.
The Kilbella River is a river in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, flowing into Kilbella Bay, which is an arm of Rivers Inlet.
Kilbella Bay is a bay on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, off the north side of Rivers Inlet to the northeast of McAllister Point. A steamer landing formerly operated by the Northland Navigation Company was located on the east side of the bay.
Katit Indian Reserve No. 1 is the main Indian reserve of the Wuikinuxv people, and is one of the three reserves governed by the Wuikinuxv Nation band government. It is located in British Columbia, Canada, on the entrance to Owikeno Lake on the north side of the Wannock River near to, but separate from, the non-native community and sport fishing resort of Rivers Inlet. Similarly-named Katit Island is in the Wannock River at 51°40′41″N127°11′48″W, while Kahtit Creek is downstream, near the mouth of the Wannock River at 51°40′47″N127°15′00″W near the Wuikinuxv village known as Oweekeno.
McAllister Point is a point in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, on the east shore of the meeting of Moses and Rivers Inlets.
The Nekite River is a river in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, flowing south to the head of Smith Inlet. Nekite Indian Reserve No. 2 is located at the mouth of the river and is one of the many reserves of the Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nations band government located in the area of Smith Sound, of which Smith Inlet is the uppermost part.
Naysash Inlet is an inlet on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, branching off the north side of Smith Inlet in the Smith Sound area. Naysash Bay is located just inside the entrance to Naysash Inlet at 51°18′59″N127°20′35″W. Naysash Creek, formerly Boulder Creek, flows southwest into Naysash Inlet at 51°20′21″N127°19′15″W.
Long Lake is a lake south of the head of Smith Inlet in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada.
Gwayasdums is a village of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples on the west side of Gilford Island in the Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. The village, located on Retreat Pass, is on Gwayasdums Indian Reserve No. 1. Other spellings of the name are Kwaustums and gwa'yasdams and Gwa'yasdams and Gwa’yasdams.
Bones Bay is a bay and former locality on the north side of West Cracroft Island in the Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, on Clio Channel.
Shushartie is a locality in British Columbia, Canada, on northern Vancouver Island near that island's northern extremity, on the east shore of Shushartie Bay on Goletas Channel. A fish cannery operated there in the early 20th century.
Drury inlet is an inlet in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, extending west from Wells Passage to the northwest of North Broughton Island, northwest of the town of Port Hardy. Branching off to the northeast from the north side of the head of the inlet is Actaeon Sound.
Kildonan is a locality and former steamer landing in the Alberni Inlet-Barkley Sound region of the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the east side of Uchuchklesit Inlet, which is on the north side of the lower reaches of Alberni Inlet. In the early 20th century, there were canneries here and at Uchucklesit, which is another locality on the same inlet.
Waddington Harbour is a harbour at the head of Bute Inlet in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. Also issuing into the head of Bute Inlet and Waddington Harbour, just west of the mouth of the Homathko, is the Teaquahan River. Issuing directly into the inlet a few miles south on the harbour's southeast is the Southgate River, one of the major rivers of the central Pacific Ranges, which begins on the west side of the Lillooet Icecap. Its lower valley adjacent to the inlet's shores is called Pigeon Valley.
Squeah is a locality in the lower Fraser Canyon of British Columbia, Canada, located between the unincorporated town of Yale (N) and the district municipality of Hope on the Fraser River. Squeah Indian Reserve No. 6 of the Yale First Nation, is located here, at the mouth of Suka Creek. Tiny Squeah Lake is on the south side of the locality at 49°28′51″N121°24′21″W. The mountain above the community on the east side of the canyon, at 49°31′18″N121°23′14″W is called Squeah Mountain by the members of the Yale First Nation.
Glen Fraser is a locality in the central Fraser Canyon of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located c. 18 miles north of the town of Lillooet and between the communities of Fountain (S) and Pavilion. It is a ranching area formed of benchlands on the west side of the Fraser and is the location of the Keatley Creek Archaeological Site, one of Canada's most important ongoing investigations. The name was conferred as that of a railway stop on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, now Canadian National.
