Witset

Witset lies near Widzin Kwah (the Bulkley River).

Witset (formerly Moricetown) is a Wet'suwet'en village in Central British Columbia, Canada on the west side of the Bulkley River[1] on Coryatsaqua (Moricetown) Indian Reserve No. 2,[2] and on Moricetown Indian Reserve No.1.[3] The current village was built during the early 1900s. Evidence of inhabitants date back to around 5,500 years ago.[4]

  1. ^ BC Names entry "Moricetown (locality)"
  2. ^ BC Names entry "Coryatsaqua (Moricetown) 2 (Indian Reserve)"
  3. ^ BC Names entry "Moricetown 1 (Indian Reserve)"
  4. ^ Albright, Sylvia. "Archaeological Evidence of Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en History (report), Hazelton, 1987.