Kitselas, British Columbia
- Kitselas, British Columbia
Kitselas, also Kitsalas, is an unincorporated settlement and First Nations reserve of the Tsimshian people lcoated on the Skeena River in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. Kitselas means "people of the village at the canyon" in the Tsimshian language.
The name is also that of the Canadian National Railway point in this area. It originally was to be named, or was proposed to be named "Vanarsdol" for C.C. Van Arsdoll, an engineer for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway who was responsible for construction of its route through the Rocky Mountains. His nickname was "Four-tenths Van", earned as a result of his famous ultimatum to surveyors that the grade of the railway route was not to exceed four-tenths of one percent.
ee also
*Kitselas Canyon
*Kitselas
References
*BCGNIS|48420|Kitsalas (Village)
*BCGNIS|35439|Kitselas (railway point)
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