New Vancouver

New Vancouver
New Vancouver is located in British Columbia
New Vancouver
New Vancouver
Location of New Vancouver in British Columbia
Coordinates: 50°34′10″N 126°36′43″W / 50.56944°N 126.61194°W / 50.56944; -126.61194
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
Area code(s)250, 778

New Vancouver, also known as Tzatsisnukomi,[1] T˜sadzis' nukwame' or t̕sa̱dzis'nukwa̱me'' in the Kwak'wala language,[2] is a Kwakwaka'wakw community on Harbledown Island in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, near the community of Alert Bay. New Vancouver is the main village of the Da'naxda'xw subgroup of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples. New Vancouver is at Dead Point on the north end of Harbeldown Island, at the west end of Beware Passage.[3][4]

  1. ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tzatsisnukomi (Former First Nation village)"
  2. ^ "FirstVoices: Kwak̓wala. Nature / Environment - place names: words". Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  3. ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Dead Point 5 (Indian reserve)"
  4. ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Dead Point (point)"