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Terrace is a forestry dependent community on the Skeena River in British Columbia, Canada. Tsimshian people have lived in the area for thousands of years. The community has a population 12,109 with a regional population of 19,980 (Statistics Canada, 2001). The community vies with Prince Rupert as a regional hub for the North Coast. It is the seat of the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District.
The community was hit hard by the problems of the biggest local employer, the former Skeena Cellulose. The mill is now owned by local owners and re-opened in late August 2005. With a possible oil pipeline that would run through Terrace, as well as the recent announcement of a major container port expansion project in nearby Prince Rupert, the economic situation appears to have a brighter future.
The community sits on the CN rail line and the Yellowhead Highway.
The First Nations of Canada have inhabited Northwest BC for over 5,000 years. This region is one of the oldest continuously occupied regions of the world and, long before European contact, was one of the most densely populated areas north of Mexico. Kitsumkalum and Kitselas are two of seven Tsimshian tribes in the Terrace area that has occupied traditional territories in northwest British Columbia. The Skeena River was known initially as the "K'shian" river meaning "water from the clouds". The traditional economy of the Tsimshian Nation was based on hunting, fishing and social gatherings, for domestic consumption or trade, on their traditional lands. For the Native people, the Skeena River was used for transportation, communication, war, trade, as a source of food and at times for protection. In 1866 the steamer Mumford made it as far as Kitsumkalum with supplies for the Telegraph line. It took an average of three days to travel from Port Essington (at the mouth of the Skeena River, near Prince Rupert) to Hazelton.
The book Unmarked: Landscapes Along Highway 16, written by Sarah de leeuw, includes a short essay on Terrace titled "Unmarked".
The community was hit hard by the problems of the biggest local employer, the former Skeena Cellulose. The mill is now owned by local owners and re-opened in late August 2005. With a possible oil pipeline that would run through Terrace, as well as the recent announcement of a major container port expansion project in nearby Prince Rupert, the economic situation appears to have a brighter future.
The community sits on the CN rail line and the Yellowhead Highway.
The First Nations of Canada have inhabited Northwest BC for over 5,000 years. This region is one of the oldest continuously occupied regions of the world and, long before European contact, was one of the most densely populated areas north of Mexico. Kitsumkalum and Kitselas are two of seven Tsimshian tribes in the Terrace area that has occupied traditional territories in northwest British Columbia. The Skeena River was known initially as the "K'shian" river meaning "water from the clouds". The traditional economy of the Tsimshian Nation was based on hunting, fishing and social gatherings, for domestic consumption or trade, on their traditional lands. For the Native people, the Skeena River was used for transportation, communication, war, trade, as a source of food and at times for protection. In 1866 the steamer Mumford made it as far as Kitsumkalum with supplies for the Telegraph line. It took an average of three days to travel from Port Essington (at the mouth of the Skeena River, near Prince Rupert) to Hazelton.
The book Unmarked: Landscapes Along Highway 16, written by Sarah de leeuw, includes a short essay on Terrace titled "Unmarked".
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