Hazelton, British Columbia

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Hazelton, British Columbia is a small historic village in northwestern B.C. known as one of the oldest settlements in the region and a traditional Gitxsan First Nation community.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
village
areaCode 236
250
672
778
climate continental climate
country Canada
distanceTo approximately 70 km northwest of Smithers, British Columbia
ethnicCommunity Gitxsan First Nation
foundingPeriod late 19th century
governingBody Village of Hazelton Council
hasAttraction First Nations cultural sites
Skeena River scenery
historic downtown core
nearby totem poles
hasEconomicActivity fishing
forestry
tourism
hasHeritage Gitxsan culture
hasIndigenousLanguage Gitxsanimaax
linked to: Gitxsan Lax Yip
hasMunicipalStatus village municipality
hasNearbyAirport Smithers Regional Airport
hasNearbyMountainRange Hazelton Mountains
hasNearbySettlement Gitanmaax, British Columbia
Gitsegukla, British Columbia
linked to: Hagwilget

Glen Vowell, British Columbia
Kispiox, British Columbia
New Hazelton, British Columbia
South Hazelton, British Columbia
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasTransportation Highway 16 access
historicalRole early regional trading centre
riverboat terminus on the Skeena River
knownFor First Nations culture
being one of the oldest settlements in northwestern British Columbia
historic village character
locatedIn British Columbia
northwestern British Columbia
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine
locatedInEcologicalRegion Interior Cedar–Hemlock zone
locatedInRegion Northern British Columbia
Skeena Country
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone
locatedNearRiver Bulkley River
locatedOnRiver Skeena River
partOf Gitxsan traditional territory
postalCodePrefix V0J

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Skeena River flowsThrough Hazelton, British Columbia
Skeena River flowsThrough New Hazelton, British Columbia
linked to: Hazelton, British Columbia
Skeena River majorTownAlongRiver Hazelton, British Columbia
Gitxsan people hasSettlement Hazelton, British Columbia
Gitxsan Treaty Society headquartersLocation Hazelton, British Columbia
Kispiox locatedNear Hazelton, British Columbia
Glen Vowell (Sik-e-dakh) near Hazelton, British Columbia
Gitwangak locatedNear Hazelton, British Columbia
Bulkley River mouthLocatedInOrNear Hazelton, British Columbia
Skeena Mountains locatedNear town of Hazelton
linked to: Hazelton, British Columbia
Hazelton, British Columbia hasNearbySettlement New Hazelton, British Columbia
linked to: Hazelton, British Columbia
Skeena Country hasCommunity Hazelton, British Columbia
Skeena Country hasCommunity Old Hazelton, British Columbia
linked to: Hazelton, British Columbia