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Tsimshian Villages
Kitwanga
Legend has it that Kitwanga was founded by survivors of the traditional
flood. One group, of the Raven clan, had found refuge on a nearby
mountain. After flood-waters receded, they descended and encountered a
second group, of the Eagle clan, by the edge of the river. Together -- it
being the custom that marriages had to take place between members of
different clans -- these groups founded the village later known as
Kitwanga.
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Kitwanga showing canoes drawn up at river's edge.
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Front view of little totem pole (human form)
beside small stream, on the north side of
the Skeena River.
H.I. Smith, 1926
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Oiling pole no. 4 with linseed oil.
H.I. Smith, 1925
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Cementing in the base of pole no. 4.
H.I. Smith, 1925
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Cementing in the base of a new pole supporting pole no.4.
H.I. Smith, 1925
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Lowering a new pole into a groove
cut in the back of pole no. 10.
H.I. Smith, 1925
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Semedeek, or Quaq,
Chief of the Eagles at Kitwanga.
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Skookum Charlie, medicine man, 1915.
Public Archives of Canada
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