Beauty of The Wetzin Kwah
by Nina Silver
Title
Beauty of The Wetzin Kwah
Artist
Nina Silver
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
This photo acknowledges the land of the Witset First Nation.
Wetzin Kwah (also known as the Bulkley River), runs through the Witsuwit’en village in the heart of northwest British Columbia. Located on the side of the river is the current village built during the early 1900s but served as the Witsuwit’en fishing grounds for thousands of years.
Witset (once known as Moricetown) is home to approximately 661 on-reserve members, 1129 off-reserve members with a total population of 1790 people, and is located 30 km west of Smithers and 32 km east of Hazelton, BC.
Seen on the top of the hill in the left corner of this image is the home of the current Witsuwit'en chief. If you look real closely, you can also see three people fishing out on the bank to the left in the middle of the photo.
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September 5th, 2023
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