New Vancouver | |
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Location of New Vancouver in British Columbia | |
Coordinates: 50°34′10″N 126°36′43″W / 50.56944°N 126.61194°W | |
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]