BELLA COOLA VALLEY VISITOR GUIDE in the Heart of the Great Bear Rainforest

www.bellacoola.ca Cover Photo: Detail of the Sisiutl “Two-Headed Serpent”. CONTENTS Carved by Nuxalk master carver Ximximlayc (Skip Saunders), this monumental sculpture memorializes a 2005 drowning victim, a 4 Getting Here descendant of Nusq’lst, the family founder who came down from Getting Around the Valley Nusmata (Heaven) in the form of a Grizzly Bear. During the Great Welcome Yaw smatmc Flood, he implored the Sisiutl to expand into a great canoe to rescue 6 Connecting With the Past: the survivors, taking them to the top of the nearby mountain that A Brief History bears his name. This monument acknowledges the responsibilities of to the Bella Coola Valley: In the Heart of Hello, my friend inheriting this sacred place. 7 Venturing Forth British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest Photo Courtesy of Benjamin Westerik Venturing West out the Channel Hooking the BIG Ones! Experience the Valley Nestled in the heart of the Coast Mountains, My name is Sixilaaxayc. My smayusta (Creation 10 the Bella Coola Valley is a remote natural story) tells of the abundance that came at the 17 Experience the Wild Side paradise offering the visitor a vast array of time of Creation when the land tilted toward Eco-tour Drifts authentic cultural and outdoor experiences. Chief Sixilaaxayc and Q’umk’uts on the bank of Bear Viewing The first recorded visit to this Valley was the river near where I live now. One hundred Arts and Culture in 1793 by Alexander Mackenzie, the first years ago, several long houses stood at that 20 European to cross the continent. place. Long before that, at the time of Creation, 23 Valley Accommodation the tilting land brought much abundance to the Today, living at the end of the only road Valley of Nuxalk, which means in my language 24 Bella Coola Valley Map access to the Central Coast and the heart of “becoming one.” I welcome you to our Valley,

BCVT/Michael Wigle the Great Bear Rainforest, with Tweedsmuir where all you see is sacred. Provincial Park straddling the eastern end, our communities are privileged to extend I hope you enjoy the scenery, the rich history, a welcome as you enter a world steeped in and the abundance. Please enjoy your stay. history and culture, rich with wildlife, lush flora, and glacier-fed rivers. From sea to Sixilaaxayc (Noel Pootlass), mountain peak, from valley floor to glacier, Nuxalk Nation Head Hereditary Chief prepare to ‘Experience the Adventure!’ The Visitor Information Booth is located on the Bella Coola Townsite in the former and Artist RCMP Station, also the home of Copper Sun Gallery and Journeys (summer months

BCVT/Michael Wigle only). Phone (250) 799-5202 for information year round. Central Coast Regional District This Visitor Guide and Trail Guide on reverse have been produced by Bella Coola Valley Tourism with special thanks to Ernest Hall, Tom Hermance, Doug Baker, Jane British Columbia Baker, Hans Granander, and Rosemary Smart. Photography credits, Chris Carlson, Leonard Ellis, Hans Granander, Ernest Hall, James Taylor, Benjamin Westerik, and Michael Wigle. For their invaluable advice and contributions, BCVT is especially Prince Rupert To Prince George grateful to: Snxakila (Clyde Tallio), Ximximlayc (Robert “Skip” Saunders), Sixilaaxayc (Noel Pootlas), Chris Nelson and Karen Anderson. BCVT also acknowledges Hagensborg Hwy 97 the Nuxalk Development Corporation for providing the venue for the Visitor Great Bear Information Booth. Member of the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association and BC Wilderness Rainforest Williams Lake Tourism Association. Cover photos: Benjamin Westerlk. Cover design and production: Roger Handling/ Bella Hwy 20 Hwy 97 Coola Terra Firma Digital Arts Printed in Canada. All rights reserved. © 2017. Bella Coola Valley Tourism – Box Port Hardy Hwy 99 670, Bella Coola, BC V0T 1C0. To Whistler Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited. This guide does not constitute and Circle Tour and Vancouver and Port Hardy ferry route should not be construed as an endorsement or recommendation. Bella Coola Valley Vancouver Tourism does not assume any responsibility for any carrier, hotel, restaurant or any other facility or activity in British Columbia. Victoria Errors and omissions excepted. Opposite: Opposite: BCVT/Michael Wigle

2 | (250) 799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola (250) 799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola | 3 GETTING HERE: the end of Highway 20 winds with the river Leaving the outer coast islands, the THE BIRD’S EYE through forests of Douglas-Fir, Western Red adventure continues through narrow glacial EXPERIENCE THE ADVENTURE BEGINS Cedar, Western Hemlock and Sitka Spruce, fjords that enter North Bentinck Arm to By scheduled daily air service past settlements and farmlands, down the the mouth of the Bella Coola River— from Vancouver, in little more ew places in the world combine sanctuary to a host of wildlife species trading commodity of fish oil. glacier-carved valley with snow-capped some 100 km (60 mi) inland. For the than an hour you can descend into authentic wilderness with comfort, thriving in undisturbed wilderness. And At the subalpine Heckman Pass, the peaks and granite ramparts lining the way. meditative traveler leaning on the rail, this the Valley after an awe-inspiring and remoteness with accessibility the further still, beyond the snow-capped moist influence of the Pacific is evident as Of course, as with all highways, caution mountainous coastline of stunning granite bird’s eye adventure.

BCVT/Michael Wigle F way the Bella Coola Valley does. horizon, the Great Bear Rainforest on British Highway 20 begins its spectacular descent is in order on Highway 20. Abide by the cliffs and tumbling waterfalls, misty green Your flight soars high over The glacier-carved valley of the Bella Columbia’s Central Coast. toward the sea. posted speeds, gear down—to first, not dark forests, and deep glacier-fed inlet emerald alpine tarns surrounded Coola River winds its way through the At Anahim Lake, the pavement yields to Here the modern adventurer can gaze far second gear—for the steeper sections of waters dredges up images of tall ships of by meadows, where waterfalls gush amid mountains to the sea at the head of one of an all-season gravel road—with a maximum below at the thin ribbon of road ahead. The “The Hill”, and DON’T ride your brakes!!! European explorers or the painted paddles glacial scree, and where volcanic cones British Columbia’s longest inlets about 450 speed of 80 km/h (50 mph). Where the “highway” winds down the mountainside to In winter, spring, and fall (as with any of First Nations peoples in their dugout and sawtooth pinnacles cradle rivers of km (270 mi) northwest of Vancouver. telephone and electric power lines end a the valley floor and meanders seaward toward mountain highway in Western Canada) it cedar canoes flashing in the sun since the ice, unseen by human eye except by air, short distance later, the true wilderness the heart of the Great Bear Rain Forest is wise to check the road conditions before dawn of time. Ferry reservations are strongly winging above and around the highest BY LAND: THE HIGHWAY begins. Here in this pristine region, the sweeping beyond the horizon left and right. heading out. (www.Drivebc.ca) recommended. mountains in British Columbia. 20 ADVENTURE chance of spotting moose, wolves, black From the Pass, today’s adventurer www.tweedsmuirtravel.com All who approach the Bella Coola Valley bears, and grizzlies becomes a distinct descends the “Freedom Road”, dubbed such A SEAFARING DOUBLING THE ADVENTURE www.pacificcoastal.com BCVT/Michael Wigle via Highway 20 for the first time experience possibility, and the ancient practices of because its construction through the pass ADVENTURE Experience a Circle Tour by traveling the driving adventure of a lifetime. hunting, trapping, and fishing remain a vital in 1953 ended the isolation of the Bella More serene, but likewise spectacular, is clockwise from Vancouver to Vancouver GETTING AROUND IN THE From its headwaters high on British part of the local culture. Coola Valley. “The Hill” is no longer the the approach to Bella Coola by sea. Island, north to Port Hardy, ferrying to Bella VALLEY Columbia’s central plateau, the river scours At the eastern boundary of Tweedsmuir hair-raising spectacle that once discouraged Every summer, between Port Hardy, on Coola, and driving out across the Chilcotin If you don’t have your own vehicle on its way down through the Coast Mountains Provincial Park, a glance to the north detects faint hearted travelers with its 18% grades northern Vancouver Island, and various points Plateau, returning south through Whistler your Bella Coola adventure, rentals are to saltwater at its mouth, providing a the mountain pass where Alexander Mackenzie, and hair-pin switchbacks. Today, tractor on the mid-coast, BC Ferries vessels cross the and back to Vanvouver. available. Inquire at accommodations at the corridor for overland access from Williams one of North America’s first great adventurers, trailer rigs, supplying the valley merchants, open waters of Queen Charlotte Sound into the This Circle Tour takes the traveler through airport or visit www.bellacoola.ca. Lake via Highway 20. This highway—paved entered the history books in 1793 with his travel the grades and curves regularly, and islands and fjords of the Great Bear Rainforest. some 11 of the 14 commonly Identified Trips on the Community Bus can be pre- to Anahim Lake (319km/192 mi)—is in overland journey across North America to the the fearsome reputation of “The Hill” far One of the world’s largest remaining tracts eco-zones on Planet Earth. This four-to-five- booked at least 24 hours in advance—or itself an unparalleled adventure through waters of the Pacific at the mouth of the Bella outstrips its reality. of unspoiled temperate rain forest, this lush, day road trip is rivaled by few other such you can simply flag down the driver from the semi-arid forests and ranchlands of the Coola River. Here the imagination can conjure Suddenly—pavement again. At the protected ecosystem is a virtually untouched journeys. the roadside. Fare for any distance is a flat Chilcotin Plateau, with the white gleaming up parties of First Nations peoples throughout posted speeds, you have covered the 62 km wilderness. At two million hectares Of course the reverse (counter-clockwise) rate. Dial-a-ride at (250) 799-0079. For peaks of the Coast Mountains drawing the the millennia trekking up from the coast (37 mi) of gravel road in about an hour. The (27,000 square miles), it encompasses an tour is equally varied and spectacular. more information, phone during business visitor westward into the Chilcotin Ark, over the “Grease Trail” bearing their precious remaining 80 km (50 mi) to the saltwater at area nearly as large as Scotland! hours or visit www.bctransit.com.

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4 | (250) 799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola (250) 799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola | 5 CONNECTING WITH THE PAST: The Bella Coola Valley is A BRIEF HISTORY Connected, BUT… Despite its remoteness, the Valley is “connected” via satellite, providing television and High-Speed Internet. or countless generations, the developing economy soon attracted the Cell phone service can be spotty, but you can receive people living in the Bella Coola fishing and logging corporations which service on the Bella Coola townsite , at the Harbour, the Valley have fished its rivers and operated on the Central Coast for many VENTURING Airport and in Hagensborg. Not all cell phones will work

Bella Coola Museum Bella Coola F hewn its trees amid the magnificent decades throughout the 20th Century. here. You may need to have Telus or Telus compatible mountains and verdant forests of the Meanwhile, smallpox had arrived service such as Bell. northwest coast of this continent in 1862, and the Nuxalk population, FORTH One origin theory suggests the first lacking natural immunity, was reduced of them crossed from Asia on an ice from thousands to 200, their 45 (or land) bridge far to the north and villages to one at the mouth of the migrated south along the coast before Bella Coola River. Then the Canadian occupying the Bella Coola Valley as the government banned the potlatch ice receded after the last Ice Age some (the Nuxalk governance mechanism) 10,000 years ago. Another has them and dispersed their families with the Terra Firma Terra arriving from the South Pacific via Residential School policy—eroding NORWEGIAN HOMESTEAD EXPERIENCE Most businesses have debit/credit card connections, rafts bourne on ocean currents. Still the Nuxalk cultural roots. Today, with but many home businesses take cheques or cash only. another has them arriving at the time the potlatch ban and the Residential Cash is available at three ATM’s: Thunderbird Grocery on of Creation, on the eyelashes of the sun, in the same point after following the historic School policy revoked, signs of Nuxalk the Townsite, Hagensborg Mercantile, and the Williams animal form, landing on various mountain cultural revival attest to the resilience of Grease Trail, descending from the Rainbow Museum Bella Coola Lake and District Credit Union, where an outdoor ATM is tops where they took on human form. Mountains to the Valley floor. From there, this People. accessible 24/7. Whatever the case, they are related by Mackenzie was guided downriver to Pacific As the region’s resource industries language to peoples of the Lower Fraser and waters and out the fjords toward the open declined at the turn of the millennium, Pay telephones are few—with none between Thompson Rivers and not to other coastal ocean, terminating the trek at “Mackenzie’s the region’s spectacular natural beauty Hagensborg and Anahim Lake—130 km (85 mi) east First Nations. Their society, now called Rock” on the Dean Channel. and wild, pristine wilderness have given on Highway 20. Payphones accessible 24/7 are located Nuxalk (pronounced “Noo-halk”), was rich In 1867, the Hudson’s Bay Company rise to an increasing interest in tourism. at the Government Wharf, at the Bella Coola General in material and cultural wealth and had The stunning landscapes of the Bella Coola Hospital on the Townsite, at the airport, in Hagensborg established a trading post near the mouth of AERIAL VIEW OVER FOUR-MILE, THE TOWNSITE AND OUT THE FJORD strong links covering a vast territory by way the River. At the time, the Valley served as Valley and surrounding area had already and at the Bailey Bridge Campsite. of dugout canoe and a network of trails—a a major transportation route from tidewater been formally recognized with the creation major one being the “Grease Trail”, so-called inland to the Cariboo gold fields, and many of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park (1938) to the VENTURING WEST OUT GLIMPSING THE PAST for a prized trade commodity: the grease of lingered on, prospecting, trapping, and east. More recently (2006), the protection THE CHANNEL Your marine adventure begins at the the eulachon (a small smelt-like fish) that trading. Only 16 non-aboriginal people of the surrounding Great Bear Rainforest— njoy a maritime experience by taking Government Wharf where you might cruise swarmed the coastal rivers each spring. resided in the Valley in 1894 when some accessible by road only along Highway BCVT/Michael Wigle a marine day tour cruising out from across the Inlet to tour the picturesque The first encounter between the Nuxalk 200 Norwegian-speaking homesteaders 20—is prompting development of this Ethe Bella Coola Harbour over the Tallheo cannery, once a Customs house. people and Europeans was in 1793 when settled “up Valley” in the area now known as sustainable industry in the region. glacial waters of North Bentinck Arm and Built in the early 1900’s it became a hive of sea Captain George Vancouver sailed up Hagensborg and downriver in “Lower Bella Locally-built road access via Highway 20, into a vast network of deep fjords—South activity in the heyday of fish canning before the fjord to the mouth of the Bella Coola Coola.” They were soon followed by a colony up (and down) Bella Coola’s infamous “Hill”, Bentinck, Labouchere, Burke, Dean—past the long-haul packer boat. River. Then, seven weeks later Scottish of Seventh Day Adventists who settled opened in 1953 as Canada’s third route to timbered rocky shores and snow-capped Further out the inlet, marvel at the explorer Alexander Mackenzie and his six primarily in the Firvale area. the Pacific, celebrating the pioneer spirit of peaks where the solitude is broken over and ancient fish traps, petroglyphs and voyageur companions, with the assistance The settlers tapped the rich resources of those who live here and the adventurer in over again by the many scenic highlights pictographs, indelible signs left on the rocky of aboriginal guides, completed the first the area, as farmers, commercial fishermen, all who visit. that loom into view as you approach. SOUTH BENTINCK ARM, BURKE shores and cliffs by First Nations people CHANNEL recorded land crossing of North America at and loggers. The abundant resources and Keep your camera at the ready! who, according to archaeologists, paddled James Taylor

6 | (250) 799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola (250) 799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola | 7 HEADS UP! salmon returning to spawn in the coastal While Bella Coola’s remote wilderness creeks and rivers. HOOKING THE BIG ONES! setting makes it an attractive tourist In the early morning, at first light, wolves destination, it also results in challenges often appear along the creek mouths and he Bella Coola Harbour is a great to meet the hopes and wishes of our estuaries. Early in the evening, from your departure point for saltwater anglers MARINE CHARTERS AND TOURS SPRING GRIZZLY visitors. During the busy summer offshore anchorage, you may hear their eerie T heading out to enjoy the bounty of At the Government Wharf in the Bella Coola Harbour,

Leonard Ellis Leonard season—and certainly during the height howls drifting out over the calm waters. marine life while taking in the pristine 2 km (1.2 mi) west of the Bella Coola Townsite, of the bear-viewing season—visitors The Great Bear Rainforest teems with scenery of the Central Coast. Cruise along ocean-going charter boats with seasoned skippers along these fjords more than 10,000 years are wise to reserve accommodations in wildlife including bald eagles, seals, sea the cliffs rising skyward from glacial fjords and guides are available for a day tour or an ago—5,000 years before the Great Pyramid advance. Likewise for activities such as as deep as 600 metres (2,000 feet). Cast extended nautical journey to the area of your choice. was built in Egypt. marine tours. lions, and otters. At times, dolphins, humpback whales and killer whales (orcas or your eyes up to the rugged snow-capped Also rent a sea kayak or canoe (with or without TAKING A HOT DIP “blackfish” in First Nations parlance) break HUGE HALIBUT peaks as you angle for Chinook and Coho a guide). Relax and soak away your cares in the measures more than 5 metres (18 feet) salmon.

the water with their breaching—a sight to Ellis Leonard Tour highlights can include: the Bella Coola hot soothing waters of a seaside wilderness in diameter. That’s a whopping 18 metres behold! connect your Central Coast adventure Drop your line to the bottom for huge estuary, historic cannery sites, wildlife/marine hot spring. Natural hot springs, accessible around (more than 56.5 feet)! This ancient with Mackenzie’s at this rock, the western halibut, or bring up lunker ling cod and red life viewing, hot springs, the Big Cedar Tree or only by air or water, are just a charter giant was a seedling during the late Roman terminus of his daunting adventure—the snappers from the deep rocky shelves. Set Mackenzie’s Rock. away from the Bella Coola Harbour. Or Empire 1,500 years ago. first recorded trek across the North American your traps for jumbo white spot prawns from The Bella Coola Harbour Authority provides rent or bring your own sea kayaks (but be continent some 12 years before the more the deep and for Dungeness crabs near the VIEWING THE WILDLIFE mooring floats, fuel, boat launching, parking, prepared for an overnighter). Perhaps sight famous but much longer a journey by mouths of the creeks. As you cruise along the often misty washrooms and laundry facilities for boaters. some dolphins, seals or eagles on the way tidal beaches and estuaries of creeks and American explorers Lewis and Clark. out. The hot springs are sacred places to rivers through the heart of the Great Bear CONNECTING AGAIN AT the Nuxalk people who have enjoyed their Rainforest, keep your eyes peeled. In the CASCADE INLET LICENCES AND REGULATIONS Saltwater and freshwater fishing licenses can be healing powers for millennia, so respect spring, bears emerge from their alpine MACKENZIE’S ROCK You make another historic connection with

Chris Carlson obtained—along with government regulations— them as you might a Gothic cathedral. dens after the long fast of hibernation and the 1793 tall-ship voyage of Captain George in Bella Coola Valley establishments selling fishing SEEING BIG – FEELING SMALL offer prime wildlife viewing. Grizzly bears CONNECTING ADVENTURES AT Vancouver, who named this fjord for the tackle. If you’ve never been humbled by the and black bears, and even the rare white MACKENZIE’S ROCK myriad waterfalls cascading down the glacier- awe that comes with standing under the kermode (or “spirit bear” in First Nations Alexander Mackenzie from Canada carved granite walls. Be sure to bring your Information on saltwater fishing specifically is dark, swooping branches of a botanical lore) descend to the lowlands and beaches by land 22nd July 1793: So reads the binoculars to get a close-up look at families available at the office of Fisheries and Oceans wonder, here’s your chance: The Big Cedar for the first tender grass and shoots growing vermilion inscription daubed on a rock of the majestic white mountain goats clinging Canada on Highway 20 at the Bella Coola Townsite. Tree, just a short hike up from the beach close to the tide line. In late summer and standing on the shore at the mouth of to the rocky crevices and narrow ledges of the CLIFF SIDE BEACH Phone (250) 799-5345.

at Larso Bay on South Bentinck Arm, fall, the bears gorge themselves on the Elcho Harbour in the Dean Channel. You sheer cliffs plunging into the inlet. Chris Carlson

8 | (250) 799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola (250) 799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola | 9 of First Nations peoples who for thousands EXPERIENCE THE VALLEY Fuel: Available on the Townsite, at Four-Mile and in Hagensborg, but nowhere 24/7. Fuel is not of years have sustained themselves on the available between Hagensborg and Anahim Lake. abundance provided by the Atnarko River Shopping: A number of businesses are open on Sunday. Some establishments close on Mondays and surrounding forest. OUR COMMUNITIES and some may close for lunch breaks. The Bella Coola Valley is 80 km (50 mi) VALLEY ADVENTURES Sani-Stations: Located at Tweedsmuir Provincial Park Headquarters (near the foot of “The Hill”), long with a population of approximately From sightseeing to outdoor adventure,

BCVT/Michael Wigle and at several of the private campgrounds in the Valley. 2000. From west to east the Valley consists embark on a scenic Valley journey using of several small communities: Highway 20 as your guide. Explorers, day- The Bella Coola Townsite is located at trippers, anglers, and nature enthusiasts the head of North Bentinck Arm on the Bella Nuxalk art galleries and other surprises to be Nearby is the picturesque and historic will find plenty beckoning to be discovered Coola River. The commercial centre of the discovered in this neighbourhood. (See Augsburg Church, which celebrated 100 along the byways and trails, shorelines and Valley, the townsite offers accommodation, p. 20.) Ask at the Nuxalk Administration years in 2004. river banks. restaurants, groceries, fuel, auto repairs, office or visit nuxalknation.com. Firvale, located midway up the valley, WEST BEYOND THE HARBOUR banking and other retail services. The Hagensborg, 16 km (10 mi) east “up was first settled by Seventh Day Adventists The western end of Highway 20 is the region’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police Valley”, is the other commercial centre with in the early 20th Century. Only a few houses Bella Coola Harbour and Government Wharf, (RCMP) detachment is located here along groceries, gifts, accommodations, camping, and farms of this once-thriving community but the gravel road continuing west from with a library, museum, hospital, clinic, fuel, auto repairs and post office. On Friday remain, scattered along the scenic highway. there for 2.5 km (1.6 mi) provides access to pharmacy, and post office. Marine services nights, the Royal Canadian Legion is open Stuie, a pocket-sized gem in the south Clayton Falls. (See Trail Guide, p. 6.) A left are nearby at the Government Wharf. Part of for pub service. In summer, the outdoor end of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, was turn at that point takes the adventurer 23 the Townsite is a Nuxalk village. Centennial Swimming Pool next door is the original locale of the well-known Stuie km (14 mi) into the alpine with spectacular Drop by Bella Coola Valley Tourism’s open for swimming as well as lessons and Lodge, constructed in 1931 and destroyed by views of the nearby fjords and meadow-lined Visitor Information Booth during the specialty classes. Phone (250) 982-2488. fire in 1950. This is also traditional territory lakes (See Trail Guide, p. 4, 5.) summer months for detailed information on EAST UP VALLEY accommodation, attractions, local events, BCVT/Michael Wigle and hiking and wildlife bulletins. Phone Administration and a unique school. At pole outside the entry was carved by a Catch The Drift (250) 799-5202 or visit www.bellacoola.ca. this school—“Acwsalcta” (in the Nuxalk teacher and students in 2002—the first Four-Mile Subdivision (Snxllh or language, ‘a place of learning’)—instruction totem pole erected in 38 years; the taller Enjoy a pleasurable day on the beautiful Bella Coola or Atnarko “Sunny Village”), four miles from the in the Nuxalk language is keeping it and one, by a father-son pair of carvers, was rivers. Come and catch the big one (Chinook, Coho, Pink, Chum Salmon) on a guided drift or for a change of pace take a scenic Government Wharf, is a second Nuxalk the culture alive by integrating them into raised in 2007 to commemorate the 20th trip for Grizzly Bear/wildlife viewing. residential area and the home of the Nuxalk the regular curriculum. The shorter totem anniversary of this special school. There are Licenced and insured • [email protected]

Bella Coola/Atnarko Guide Service, 2304 Salloompt Rd Hagensborg BC • (250) 982-2470

10 | (250) 799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola (250) 799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola | 11 Churches in the Bella the Tide-Flats, a rich eco-system and home Regional Park, a popular park with locals. Saugstad). Rising to 2,905 metres (9,532 Coola Valley to waterfowl, migrating birds, and bears. A ACWSALCTA Here are playing fields, picnic sites, feet), it is the highest Coast Mountain SCHOOL Bella Coola Pentecostal Assembly number of old roads and trails weave in and barbecue pit, and a kiddies’ playground. peak visible from the Valley floor. out of the forest to the junction where river Majestic old-growth cedars arch overhead, HAGENSBORG Bella Coola Seventh-Day Adventist meets sea. Entry points vary. This is a tidal and the river is accessible. Here at the Church Cleared by hand from the old growth zone, so beware of incoming water to avoid Rodeo Grounds you can catch cowboys and rainforest, the farms and fields of this The Church of Jesus Christ – getting wet or stranded. cowgirls in action each July long weekend settlement nurtured Norwegian-speaking Latter-Day Saints Stop at the commemorative roadside rock or you might take in one of the regular colonists who settled the Valley between Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church where plaques honour Canada’s pioneers Sunday gymkhanas. 1894 and 1910. and Alexander Mackenzie’s trans-continental • Snootli Creek Hatchery – An experience Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses trek. Listen here for the rush of water not to be missed by any Valley visitor! Torah Learning Centre cascading over the rainforest cliffs and step Take a guided tour of this federal salmon United Church of Canada into the woods to find “Hidden Falls”. hatchery, hatching and rearing over ten Augsburg, Hagensborg THE BELLA COOLA TOWNSITE million salmon fry each year for release BELLA COOLA MUSEUM Emmanuel, Bella Coola BCVT/Cheryl Waugh • Enjoy the shops, restaurants, and into rivers up and down the Central Coast. BCVT/Michael Wigle accommodations. FROM THE TOWNSITE TO In summer and early fall, ask about the THE BELLA COOLA HARBOUR point for the ferry service of the Discovery • Visit the Museum and pick up the brochure HAGENSBORG (16 KM/10 MI) locations of salmon traps where the eggs Back at the harbour, stroll around the Coast Circle Tour between Bella Coola and for the self-guided historic walking tour • For a truly mystical experience, engage are collected, and plan to be there for a Government Wharf among the commercial Port Hardy on Vancouver Island. Depending which details the historical landmarks a Nuxalk guide and visit the ancient collection. Tours are usually weekdays only fishing boats and pleasure craft bobbing at on schedules and time of year, the Discovery around the village including the location petroglyphs along Thorsen Creek before 3 p.m. Phone (250) 982-2214. NORWEGIAN HERITAGE HOUSE their moorings. Across the channel from the Coast Circle Tour may include landings at of the Hudson Bay manager’s home, the (“Squmalh” to the Nuxalk). See p. 21. • From July to September, stop at the many Laurie Sissons Harbour, historic Tallheo Cannery, built in Ocean Falls, Denny Island, and McLaughlin House of Numst’ with its totem pole entry, • In summer, visit the Farmers’ Market on bridges along the valley to wonder over 1917 and operated by the Canadian Fish Co. Bay (Bella Bella). Ferry passage can be and the tiny cabin that served as Bella Sunday mornings at the Fall Fair Grounds. the migrations of spawning salmon in the • Share the pioneer experience in a visit until 1947, still stands as a reminder of a booked at the BC Ferries agent on the Bella Coola’s first jail. • At Lobelco Hall, you may catch an Valley creeks and rivers. Please park in to the Norwegian Heritage House, or the time when commercial fishing was a mainstay Coola townsite: Tweedsmuir Travel, 618 Cliff • Be sure to take in the eulachon welcome event presented by and for the Valley a safe, respectful manner and beware of historic Augsburg Church, once a place of of the coastal economy. This monument to Street, (250) 799-5638. Reserve ahead of post on River Road and the totem poles community. bears!. worship for the Lutheran pioneers. This progress, abandoned after efficient long-haul time to ensure a space on the ferry. across from the Co-Op and at Healthy • For a truly humbling experience, walk • At Nookliklonnic Creek just west of visit is not complete without a quiet walk packer boats began transporting fish south EAST FROM THE HARBOUR Beginnings. among the giant trees enclosing the trails Hagensborg, pull off at the bridge for a through the Hagensborg Cemetery a short for processing, is one of the last canneries Walk or cycle the popular cliff-side route • Mail your postcards from the Bella Coola in Snootli Creek Regional Park. (See Trail spectacular view of glacier-shouldered drive west down Highway 20 and south on left standing on Canada’s West Coast. between the harbour and the Bella Coola Post Office and ask for the unique Nuxalk- Guide, p. 8.) Mt. Saugstad (named for the Norwegian Sawmill Road (site of one of the Valley’s The harbour is the arrival and departure Townsite. Scan the estuary, locally known as designed cancellation stamp. • Take a short side trip into Walker Island pioneer leader, Reverend Christian early sawmills.)

12 | (250) 799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola (250) 799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola | 13 • At the east end of the terminal building at FROM HAGENSBORG TO “THE HILL” honour the family on whose traditional the Airport, check out the the BIG cedar • From Highway 20 two km (1.2 mi.) east territory it stands. tree 50 metres along a forest trail. Book a of Hagensborg, a left turn onto Saloompt • Further east on Highway 20 near Firvale, heli-hiking trip into the alpine or take it Road leads to “The Bailey Bridge”, one watch for mountain goats that often easy by booking a “flightseeing” tour of of the only two bridges across the Bella descend from the cliffs at Assanany Creek the area’s mountains, glaciers and fjords Coola River. In “The Sunny Saloompt” by plane or helicopter. (so called because much of the area A FINE PLACE TO CHILL • Get some exercise at the tennis court or escapes the winter mountain shadow that cool off with a swim at Centennial Pool. covers a lot of the Valley), take in the • Drop by the Valley Gallery featuring local Saloompt Forest Trails. Here, old-growth art, operated by the Bella Coola Valley cedars, spruce, hemlock, and Douglas-fir, Arts Council. seedlings during the Crusades, humble the • Mail your postcards from the Hagensborg human visitor. (See Trail Guide, p. 11.) Post Office and ask for the unique • While in the Saloompt (“Salmt” in Nuxalk, “Freedom Road” cancellation stamp. meaning “a good place to live”), venture It was locally designed in 2003 to further to Lost Lake (See Trail Guide, p. commemorate the 50th anniversary of 12.) “The Hill.” • Further up the logging road to the left is and hang out along the roadway. Here, a the rifle range operated by the local Rod short walk up the creek leads to the base and Gun Club. of Assanany Creek Falls. • Returning to Highway 20, 3.3 km (2 mi) east of the Saloompt turnoff, is the West ENTERING TWEEDSMUIR PARK Nusatsum Forest Road which gives access • At the Park entrance, at Burnt Bridge to the picturesque Odegaard Falls and to Creek, explore the historic area where virtually unlimited alpine terrain. Alexander Mackenzie reached the Valley (See Trail Guide, pp. 13-16.) floor after his trek across the continent • Further east on Highway 20, just across and the Coast Mountains. Here he was so the Bella Coola River bridge, check out the hospitably hosted by a large Nuxalk village monumental Nuxalk memorial arch on the that he dubbed it “Friendly Village.” See left and the totem pole a short distance Trail Guide, p.19 for information about LOST LAKE further on the right raised in 2014 to this opportunity to experience walking James Taylor

14 | 1-250-799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola (250) 799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola | 15 in the footsteps of this great The 11 km (7 mi) of rough 4X4 adventurer—and for a stunning road was also part of the old EXPERIENCE THE WILD SIDE view down the Valley! telegraph line and now ends at • At McCall Flats, take the the trailhead for Hunlen Falls Talchako Forest Service (among North America’s highest ECO-TOUR DRIFTS cater to both individuals and groups. Many MOTORCYCLING Road. Notice Horsetail Falls waterfalls). This road and part of The Bella Coola and Atnarko Rivers offer tours offer snacks or bagged lunches for Many kilometers of wilderness roads plummeting down the west- the trail also leads to the former Chris Carlson the opportunity to drift placidly downstream longer trips. During your trip, be sure to climb up the side valleys onto the mountain facing cliff. Mountain goats may homestead of the legendary through the heart of a rich rainforest on keep your guide busy with questions. They slopes, and Highway 20 is certainly a unique be seen on the bluffs. Relax Ralph Edwards of Lonesome the valley floor with snowcapped mountains are eager to share stories and provide a country cruise. Lake, “The keeper of the swans.” or picnic on a sandy riverside cradling glaciers towering above. better understanding of your rainforest GEOCACHING beach. Hike or bike the trails The homestead burned to the surroundings. There are many geocaches in the and roads. ground in the Tweedsmuir Fire Valley and along Highway 20. Go to www. • At Fisheries Pool or Atnarko MT. STUPENDOUS IN AUTUMN of 2004. Travelling the road and OTHER ADVENTURES geocaching.com for coordinates. Campground, picnic, camp, swim, BCVT/Michael Wigle trail in daylight is recommended HIKING, MOUNTAINEERING, AND or just relax and watch the river flow past. to minimize wildlife encounters. See page BOATING, CANOEING, KAYAKING, and boat launch, notice the moss-roofed ROCK CLIMBING Bear in mind that you are in grizzly bear (privately owned) log cabin where Edward 3 of the Trail Guide for Bear and Cougar RAFTING Major trails are described in the Trail Bella Coola Valley waterways provide habitat, especially in late summer and Norton filled in a postcard (post-marked Awareness. Guide. For more extreme adventurers, the virtually endless opportunities for water early fall during the big salmon runs. This “Bella Coola”) while on the lam in YOUR VALLEY TOUR ENDS Bella Coola Valley has an abundance of craft of various sorts, but adventurers is one of the most popular spots to fish in the final scene of the 2008 Hollywood The pavement ends. EAGLE PAIR granite for rock climbing, and there are must be “bear aware” and mindful of the the entire Valley. blockbuster “The Incredible Hulk.” Highway 20, your trusty guide from the BCVT/Michael Wigle many classic routes in the Coast Mountains wilderness conditions. The estuary and • At Stuie, turn off the pavement onto • At Big Rock and Kettle Pond have a picnic tidewater 80 km (50 mi) downriver to the for mountaineering and ski-mountaineering. somewhat sheltered fjords offer hundreds the old Highway 20 and drive through after a short walk to see this unique west, veers sharply left and begins the Drifters might see a bald eagle diving CYCLING of kilometers of shoreline to explore, Douglas-Fir parkland to the “Smokehouse”, geological feature. (See Trail Guide, p.20.) ascent up Bella Coola’s infamous “Hill.” In for a salmon targeted from high above, or With 80 km (50 mi) of mostly downhill and the rivers provide hours and days of a lean-to shelter on the north side where • At Mosher Creek, stop and imagine the short order, the stunning climb provides one on a river bar already tearing at its pavement from “The Hill” to the Government paddling and rowing opportunities. If you First Nations people from the Chilcotin force of water that took out bridge access some of the steepest scenery anywhere and newly snagged feast. They might catch the Wharf, avid cyclists will not want to leave don’t have your own, check with the Visitor may be smoking fish netted in the river and splintered the giant trees standing a sheer sense of accomplishment. A drive of thrilling experience of seeing a river otter their wheels behind. Information Booth for rental opportunities. pool below—as they have done since time as reminders of the one-day rainfall that only 25 minutes at the posted speed limit floating idly along the log-strewn shore immemorial. isolated Bella Coola from the rest of the winds around 11 switchbacks with short or a grizzly crashing through the current, MOUNTAIN BIKING, ATVING AND KITE BOARDING & SAILBOARDING • At the Belarko Wildlife Viewing station, world in September, 2010. grades up to 18%, topping out at 5,000 launching itself at a salmon. DIRT BIKING On a nice summer day, check out the walk out on the platform during the late • At the Atnarko Tote Road, mountain feet at Heckman Pass. Here a viewpoint Three-hour or full-day tours are available Explore developed trails and logging roads inlet from Clayton Falls Creek just west of summer or early fall for a safe vantage bike, hike or drive this historic trail, provides a last look down through the Coast with experienced and friendly guides that from one end of the Valley to the other. the Bella Coola Townsite. point to view grizzly bears snagging fresh which leaves Highway 20 at the foot of Mountains toward the Great Bear Rainforest salmon and chowing down. “The Hill.” It was once part of the main where the Bella Coola River scours its deep • Just beyond the Wildlife Viewing station route entering and leaving the valley. course down to the sea.

16 | (250) 799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola (250) 799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola | 17 driving along Highway 20 into the heart of tips on bear and cougar awareness, see Trail the Great Bear Rainforest any time from late Guide, on Reverse, p. 3.) spring to late fall may chance upon a sow and her cubs grazing on the long grasses EXPERIENCE WORLD- along the road side. However, the prime CLASS FISHING bear-viewing opportunities are in the late The Bella Coola Valley is renowned the spring, and then again in late summer and world over for its fresh-water fishing. Each GRIZZLY CHOWING DOWN

fall when the salmon are running in the James Taylor year, all five Pacific salmon species return rivers. Large populations of both black bears to the Bella Coola River to spawn after and grizzlies inhabit the region. along forest trails to some of the more maturing at sea: Sockeye, Coho, Chum, RAFTING THE BELLA COOLA RIVER remote bear habitats few visitors will ever BCVT/Michael Wigle Pink—and the prize of them all, the mighty TOURS see. Chinook salmon (variously called Spring, • Tours are offered by knowledgeable, HELI-SKIING more than 20 km (12 mi) of track set Nordic • Other guides offer a marine experience, King or Tyee) which often exceed 25 pounds experienced and accredited bear viewing Unbelievable depths of stable powder ski trails at East Branch. taking visitors on excursions of varying (11 kg) and have been known to weigh guides. Among them are those who drift with some of the greatest verticals in North Go to www.tweedsmuirskiclub.com for length out the inlets for sightings of bears more than 50 pounds (22 kg)! Year after FLY CASTING their guests in shallow-keel boats quietly America combine to create the perfect heli- information. and other wildlife along the shores or year, anglers also return to the river and its down the Atnarko and Bella Coola Rivers, skiing experience. Operations are based at estuaries of streams and rivers. tributaries, often moving up the river with River downstream from Anahim Lake, is looking for bears and eagles feeding on the Airport just west of Hagensborg. BEAR VIEWING BEAR VIEWING STATION the runs to the Atnarko River, the Bella designated “Classified Waters” requiring spawning salmon. SNOWMOBILING Watching a bear foraging is an For visitors not wishing to take a bear- Coola River’s major accessible tributary. a special license. Trout fly fishing on the • Accredited trail guides can also take you The East Branch Creek area near the top unforgettable experience! Adventurers viewing tour, the viewing station at Belarko, Also highly popular with anglers is the Upper Dean draws anglers from around the of “The Hill” in Tweedsmuir Provincial Park in Tweedsmuir Provincial Park 30 minutes pursuit of feisty Rainbow, Dolly Varden, and world, and on the Lower Dean, inaccessible is renowned for its excellent snowmobile RIVER DRIFTERS GETTING A VIEW “up Valley” from Hagensborg, provides a Cutthroat trout. by road, the summer Steelhead, Spring, terrain and snow conditions. The upper safe way to get close to grizzlies, watching Steelhead, an ocean-going rainbow trout, and Coho runs are unsurpassed. As fishing Clayton Falls Creek area (accessible west of from a platform as the bears dive and splash also run in the Bella Coola River system, is highly regulated and the penalties for the Bella Coola Harbour) is also popular. in the river or snag salmon from the rocky but fishing for them is prohibited and violations severe, anglers are advised to DOWNHILL SKIING, CROSS- shore. The station is open seven days a week those caught accidentally must be carefully consult the fresh-water fishing regulations COUNTRY SKIING & SNOWSHOEING through September and is fully staffed for released. available locally wherever fishing licenses The local ski club operates a tow lift on your safety. East of Bella Coola, across the Chilcotin, are sold. weekends in the East Branch Creek area near For hours of operation, inquire at the uncountable lakes teeming with Cutthroat Anglers unfamiliar with the area may the top of “The Hill.” In addition, there are Visitor Information Booth. and Rainbow trout provide unsurpassed wish to engage a guide to take them on a BCVT/Michael Wigle Remember: Be bear aware! (For some fishing experiences. For instance, the Dean guided river drift.

18 | 1-250-799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola (250) 799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola | 19 ARTS AND CULTURE of the Arts) showcases local talent. BELLA COOLA MUSEUM THE PETROGLYPHS The Bella Coola Museum, located on the An absolute MUST cultural experience Bella Coola Townsite, reflects the varied for Valley visitors is the short hike to the history of the Valley from the First Peoples, ARTS & CRAFTS gallery” where they also showcase work by a group of Nuxalk women weaving cedar bark petroglyphs at Thorsen Creek. Both out of to the early explorers, to the coming of the Besides at special events such as the local artists. Tucked down yet another road, into roses or lidded containers. due respect for the Nuxalk people, and to pioneers, and the building of the ‘Freedom Marc Hedges Marc annual Arts and Crafts Fair, the works of find handicrafts, cards and artwork in a little Start at the Nuxalk administration office enrich the experience, visitors are strongly Road’. The museum is housed in a former schoolhouse and surveyor’s cabin—a heritage artisans can be found in retail stores and shop attached to a nursery and organic foods at Four-Mile. By engaging a Nuxalk guide, urged to engage a Nuxalk guide whose NUXALK WEAVERS galleries and small home workshops and store. You may want to stop by the Valley you can ensure you will see more than meets mission is both to protect the site and to log building built in 1892. On display are display rooms up and down the Valley. Gallery where many of the Valley’s talents are the eye and add significantly to this cross- share Nuxalk culture through authentic like awe—a landscape viewed by many as items brought by Norwegian settlers and Unique works may include a traditional featured. cultural experience. chants and legends. the spiritual heart of the Bella Coola Valley. photographs that depict the days of the quilt or an “art” quilt (to be displayed on Home-based Bella Coola Valley soap At Four-Mile, don’t miss a visit to Hudson’s Bay Company trading post. Here, you will discover, nestled in the POTLATCH the wall), hand-crafted wooden furnishings, makers market their wares in various venues. Acwsalcta School, a work of art in itself. lush rainforest moss and ferns of a canopy Nuxalk Nation families often invite the painted canvases, or fused glass jewelry. A well-known nature photographer shows You can’t miss the two magnificent totem forest, rock carvings believed to be at least entire Valley as well as “outsiders” to share MUSEUM and sells his books and cards in Bella Coola poles outside, and the school lobby 3,500 years old. These marvels are firmly in this age-old custom of formal dedications, Valley retail outlets. A carver/graphite artist serves as a showcase of Nuxalk art and feasting, singing, and dancing (with masks, offers prints of his black-on-white works artifacts. Up Valley, don’t miss the carved PETROGLYPHS in traditional attire). These events can begin incorporating Nuxalk images and Central memorial monument 16 km (10 mi) east of with breakfast and last well into the night, Coast icons. The list goes on and on. Hagensborg (crossing the Bella Coola River), sometimes for days. On Sundays during the summer, try the and a few meters further, on the right side, a A potlatch is not staged for spectators: It weekly Farmers’ Market at Lobelco Hall newly raised totem pole. BCVT/Michael Wigle is a genuine practice that reinforces social where Valley artists and crafts people display PERFORMING ARTS structure, affirms ancestral territory, and Phone: Museum (250) 799-5767, Archives their works alongside locally grown produce, From music nights in a lodge dining maintains governance. Visiting participants (250) 982-2130. www.bellacoolamuseum.ca. homemade baking and preserves. CERAMIC SCULPTURE room, to public performances by a are often welcome to drop in and may be NORWEGIAN HERITAGE HOUSE Ernest Hall NUXALK ART community choir, to full-blown theatrical BCVT/Michael Wigle asked to bring their own plates, cups, and For a glimpse into the lifestyle of the Down one driveway a painter/potter/digi- While Nuxalk art, largely carved in cedar or performances by the Bella Coola Little rooted in today’s Nuxalk culture like the cutlery—nothing more. Check the local early Norwegian-speaking settlers, visit this tal collage artist shows his work in his home silver, is available in retail outlets, it is also Theatre Guild and to the annual Bella Coola over-arching hemlock and cedar trees in this bulletin boards and newspaper (or drop by site in Hagensborg. The hewn-log house showroom. Down another driveway, a potter/ hidden away in the home-based workshops Music Festival, local and guest entertainers hallowed place where winter dances were the Nuxalk Administration office at Four- was moved to its present location from its clay sculptor and his wife produce one- of the artists. By asking around, you can keep things happening. In addition, each performed by countless generations. Here, Mile) to learn if a potlatch will occur during original homestead site 3 km (1.8 mi) up of-a-kind pieces in clay and glass and put create a chance to see a carver chiseling a spring the Bella Coola Festival of the Arts Nuxalk chiefs taught their successors in a your Bella Coola adventure. Visit www. the Valley. A stop of interest sign, here, on customized workshops in their “studio- cedar block into a mask or memorial pole or (affiliated with the British Columbia Festival landscape that evokes a sacred, cathedral- nuxalknation.ca. describes the early Norwegian settlement.

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(250) 799-5202 | www.bellacoola.ca | Visit Bella Coola | 23 To Prince Rupert Mackenzie’s Rock Klemtu Anahim Lake OceanFalls MT MACKENZIE Bella The Hill 2146m Coola 20 Hagensborg Crystal Lake Trail THUNDER MTN Bella Bella Denny Island Eucott Bay 2681m Mackenzie (McLoughlin Bay) (Shearwater) TWEEDSMUIR Heritage Trail Hot Springs PROVINCIAL PARK Octopus Lake Trail To Namu Central Coast Rainbow Williams Lake BC Ferries Routes BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA Range Trail HAKAI Capoose Heckman RECREATION Pass Glacier Summer AREA Rainbow Lk Trail Range Burnt Bridge Cr Smith SALOOMPT PK Noosgulch Firvale Tweedsmuir Lk Necleetsconnay 1871m Valley Loop Forest Trail Trail To Port Hardy BCVT/Michael Wigle River Rd MT WALKER Saloompt Rd 20 2148m Lost Lake MT POOTLASS Saloompt Trail Cacoohtin 2207m Forest Trail Forest Rd “The Hill” Lookout FOUR MILE MTN NUSATSUM McCall Flats Tote Tallheo 1766m MTN Recreation Site 20 Rd Bella Coola 2574m Cannery Visitor Walker River Talchako Atnarko Campground Info Booth Island DEFIANCE TABLE MTN Forest Rd Ferry Medby 2677m Big Nooseseck Terminal Park Schoolhouse Rock MTN Rock Sugar Camp Ck 2669m River Falls Trail Trail MT Atnarko R Hagensborg STUPENDOUS Stuie North 20 Hatchery 2679m Kettle Bentinck Arm Clayton Bella Cacoohtin Fisheries Pond Pool Trail Falls Coola Nusatsum Cr Belarko TWEEDSMUIR Park Four- Snooka Campground Creek Forest Rd Noomst Hotnarko R Cr PROVINCIAL Mile Thorsen Trail Nusatsum Clayton Cr NOOHALK River Tsini-Tsini Cr PARK Hunlen Falls Cr Snooka MTN Falls Trail Cr MELIKAN Nooklikonnik MATTERHORN MTN M. Gurr Tatsquan Cr PK MT MARVIN Lake MOUNT 2167m Stillwater South Cr Snootli NYLAND Lk Bentinck MT FOUGNER Cr 1847m CARIBOU Arm MTN ARJUNA 2345m Blue MTN Nordschow Cr Jay Lake MT CORBOULD Ptarmigan Lake Trail Odegaard Falls Talchako R Big Cedar MT SAUGSTAD Trail Trail Smitley 2908m 5km difficult River Odegaard Hunlen Falls Panorama Falls Bensin's Is Lakes Trail Tallheo Purgatory Pk. Hot Springs & Lookout Gyllenspetz Cr Turner Lk Big Hammer Lake Lonesome Lk Cedar Tree DESIRE MTN Trail GLACIER MTN 14km to Ape Lake BOREALIS PKS Cutthroat Lk

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Junker Lake Trail Highway Junker Lk Scale: 10km Unpaved road Please see the Bella Coola Valley Trail Guide Widgeon Lk Trail for hiking details. Kidney Lk