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Bella Coola, British Columbia

Bella Coola may refer to several things, all closely related to a geographic area within British Columbia's Central Coast .

  • The Bella Coola Indians, as an early ethnography called them, an aboriginal group native to the area, and more properly called the Nuxalk. The Nuxalk are not generally treated as being part of any of the larger aboriginal groups in British Columbia.
  • The Nuxált language spoken by Nuxalk peoples.
  • The Bella Coola River , formed by the confluence of the Talchako and Atnarko rivers, and flowing westward to its estuary as it enters the Pacific Ocean, spilling into the North Bentinck Arm of Burke Channel .
  • The Bella Coola Valley , which colloquially refers to both the actual valley through which the Bella Coola River flows and several of the side-valleys.
  • The settlement of Bella Coola, British Columbia, a community of approximately 600 at the western extremity of the Bella Coola valley . Bella Coola may actually refer to the entire valley, encompassing the settlements of Bella Coola, Lower Bella Coola , Hagensborg , Saloompt , Nusatsum , Firvale and Stuie . It is also the seat of the Central Coast Regional District .
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