Nass River

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The Nass River is a major river in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, central to the culture, history, and traditional territory of the Tsimshian and Nisga’a peoples.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nass River canonical 30
Nass River system 1
Nass River valley 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
associatedWithEvent Tseax Cone volcanic eruption
linked to: Tseax Cone
basinCountry Canada
continent North America
country Canada
culturalRegionOf Nisga’a Nation
Tsimshian peoples
linked to: Tsimshian
drainageBasinArea approximately 21,000 square kilometres
economicActivity commercial fishing
subsistence fishing
flowsInto Portland Inlet
flowsNear Gingolx
Gitlaxt’aamiks
Gitwinksihlkw
linked to: Gitwangak

Laxgalts’ap
New Aiyansh
Terrace region
governedByTreaty Nisga’a Final Agreement region
linked to: Nisga’a
hasEcosystemType coastal temperate rainforest
hasFishSpecies chinook salmon
linked to: Chinook salmon

chum salmon
coho salmon
pink salmon
sockeye salmon
hasGeologicalFeature Nass Valley
hasIndigenousName Lisims
hasSettlementOnBanks Gingolx
Gitlaxt’aamiks
Gitwinksihlkw
Laxgalts’ap
hasTransportationRouteAlong Nisga’a Highway
hasTributary Bell-Irving River
Cranberry River
Gitwinksihlkw River
Kispiox River
Meziadin River
indigenousLanguage Nisga’a language
isCentralTo Nisga’a culture
Tsimshian culture
knownFor eulachon runs
salmon runs
length approximately 380 km
locatedIn British Columbia
locatedInProvince British Columbia
locatedInRegion northwestern British Columbia
mouth Portland Inlet
mouthLocation Pacific Ocean drainage basin
nearGeologicalFeature Tseax Cone
partOf Pacific Ocean watershed
sourceLocation Coast Mountains
Nass Ranges
traditionalTerritoryOf Nisga’a people
linked to: Nisga'a people

Tsimshian people
linked to: Tsimshian

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tsimshian notableRiver Nass River
Nisga’a traditionalTerritory Nass River valley
linked to: Nass River
Nisga’a traditionalTerritory Nass River
Nisga'a people primaryRegion Nass River
Nisga’a language hasRegion Nass River
Nass Valley river Nass River
Nass Valley traversedBy Nass River
Laxgalts’ap isOnRiver Nass River
Skeena Mountains drainageBasin Nass River
Portland Inlet receivesWaterFrom Nass River
Gitlaxt’aamiks locatedNear Nass River
New Aiyansh locatedNear Nass River
Terrace region locatedNear Nass River
Lisims alsoKnownAs Nass River
Lisims indigenousNameOf Nass River
Tseax Cone locatedNear Nass River
Gitwinksihlkw locatedOn Nass River
Gitwinksihlkw hasNearbyWaterBody Nass River
Nass Ranges namedAfter Nass River
Meziadin River tributaryOf Nass River
Meziadin River hasMouth Nass River
Stikine Plateau drainedBy Nass River
Bell-Irving River tributaryOf Nass River
Bell-Irving River mouthLocatedIn Nass River
Gitwinksihlkw River tributaryOf Nass River
Gitwinksihlkw River hasMouthIn Nass River
Cranberry River mouthOf Nass River
Cranberry River tributaryOf Nass River
Cranberry River belongsToRiverSystem Nass River system
linked to: Nass River