We are ahead of schedule and decided to spend some time in Hazelton – not knowing what to expect except totem poles. Our visit to Hazelton has turned out to be quite a positive experience.
We are staying at the ‘Ksan Campground which is run by the local Gitxsan people. The campground is next to a reconstructed Gitxsan village with traditional style buildings and a museum. The Gitxsan people who lived here before the Europeans arrived were hunters, fishermen and gatherers and are known to have been a highly developed society.
We went for a guided tour of the historic village this morning and learnt more about the people, their culture and way of life. After that we went to the Farmers Market in the New Hazelton. That was a waste of time… Historic Hazelton is more interesting.
We drove to Kitwanga which is another village about 40kms away to look at totem poles too. Some of these totem poles were depicted in Emily Carr’s paintings.
We are leaving for Prince George tomorrow and most probably will be boondocking and then off to Barkerville.
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