114:
people have resided at N'Quatqua "since time immemorial" and there is little doubt that there has been human habitation at this sheltered, food-rich spot soon after the catastrophic collapse of the
234:
N'Quatqua/D'arcy today has a mix of non-native housing and there are large recreational subdivisions in between D'Arcy and Birken. At Devine, two miles from D'Arcy, a sawmill operated in
108:, there is only a rough powerline road thousands of feet above the lake, known as the High Line Road, that is not recommended for the unwary or unsure, or the feeble of engine or nerve.
243:
247:
189:
127:
105:
58:
154:
123:
101:
274:
228:
196:. In the 19th century, the paramount chief of the Lakes Lillooet, or the closest thing there was to such a title, was
85:
66:
314:
54:
209:
185:
89:
62:
358:
78:
28:
353:
158:
264:
166:
111:
224:
303:
93:
153:
There were other villages in the Gates Valley, southwest from D'Arcy and up
Blackwater Creek towards
146:
watershed, the salmon runs coming up the lake were as typically large as on other tributaries of the
259:
239:
205:
81:
for a list of other reserves administered by the band, some of which are also named
Nequatque).
46:
269:
197:
170:
50:
181:
162:
119:
347:
298:
231:
was built, and that name was also applied to the alpine peak just south of "town".
115:
97:
219:
During the gold rush N'Quatqua was busy as a shipping and transference point on the
235:
220:
213:
147:
139:
138:- wiping out all human populations in the valley). Prior to the diversion of the
223:
and went by the name Port
Anderson. The name D'Arcy was conferred in honour of
135:
74:
193:
174:
143:
131:
17:
329:
316:
100:
which rises above N'Quatqua on the south and east. Beyond D'Arcy towards
161:
but between the ravages of smallpox, an early 19th-century war with the
208:, whose principal residence was at D'Arcy, although he often lived at
286:
73:, which is 177 ha. in size and located adjacent to the mouth of the
84:
The village and its beach were at the end of pavement northeast of
180:
The N'Quatqua people were part of the Lakes
Lillooet group of the
242:
who had been relocated from the coast to a relocation centre at
246:, a few miles farther northeast along the north side of
96:
stretch of Hwy 99, which runs on the south side of the
188:
as well as other villages and single residences along
134:(the catastrophe would have created a huge wave - see
216:goldfields over which he claimed suzerainty).
49:language for the First Nations village of the
8:
294:, Irene Edwards, self.publ. Lillooet 1976
27:For the First Nations government, see
45:, is the proper historic name in the
7:
177:, today there is only N'Quatqua.
25:
65:and about the same distance from
69:. The usage is synonymous with
57:, which is at the upper end of
275:Mount Currie, British Columbia
71:Nequatque Indian Reserve No. 1
1:
229:Pacific Great Eastern Railway
299:"Nequatque Indian Reserve 1"
61:about 35 miles southeast of
238:by a Frank Devine employed
53:people of the community of
375:
26:
212:and was a habitué of the
184:, which included today's
92:until the opening of the
292:Tales from Seton Portage
265:Lillooet Tribal Council
173:evangelization and the
330:50.55000°N 122.48333°W
104:, at the other end of
79:N'Quatqua First Nation
29:N'Quatqua First Nation
304:BC Geographical Names
165:, the effects of the
335:50.55000; -122.48333
37:, variously spelled
326: /
225:Thomas D'Arcy McGee
260:In-SHUCK-ch Nation
240:Japanese Canadians
287:N'Quatqua website
244:McGillivray Falls
198:Chief Hunter Jack
16:(Redirected from
366:
359:Lillooet Country
341:
340:
338:
337:
336:
331:
327:
324:
323:
322:
319:
308:
157:, as well as at
94:Duffey Lake Road
21:
374:
373:
369:
368:
367:
365:
364:
363:
344:
343:
334:
332:
328:
325:
320:
317:
315:
313:
312:
297:
283:
256:
186:Seton Lake Band
155:Birkenhead Lake
32:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
372:
370:
362:
361:
356:
346:
345:
310:
309:
295:
289:
282:
279:
278:
277:
272:
270:Lil'wat Nation
267:
262:
255:
252:
126:and separated
24:
18:N'quatqua
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
371:
360:
357:
355:
352:
351:
349:
342:
339:
306:
305:
300:
296:
293:
290:
288:
285:
284:
280:
276:
273:
271:
268:
266:
263:
261:
258:
257:
253:
251:
249:
248:Anderson Lake
245:
241:
237:
232:
230:
226:
222:
217:
215:
211:
207:
203:
199:
195:
191:
187:
183:
178:
176:
172:
168:
164:
160:
156:
151:
149:
145:
141:
137:
133:
129:
125:
124:Seton Portage
122:that created
121:
117:
116:Cayoosh Range
113:
112:First Nations
109:
107:
106:Anderson Lake
103:
102:Seton Portage
99:
98:Cayoosh Range
95:
91:
87:
82:
80:
76:
72:
68:
64:
60:
59:Anderson Lake
56:
52:
48:
44:
40:
36:
30:
19:
311:
302:
291:
236:World War II
233:
221:Douglas Road
218:
214:Bridge River
206:St'at'imcets
201:
179:
152:
140:Bridge River
110:
83:
70:
47:St'at'imcets
42:
38:
34:
33:
333: /
321:122°29′00″W
202:In-Kick-Tee
194:Seton Lakes
163:Tsilhqot'in
136:megatsunami
132:Seton Lakes
75:Gates River
51:Stl'atl'imx
348:Categories
318:50°33′00″N
281:References
175:Indian Act
43:N'quat'qua
354:St'at'imc
227:when the
182:St'at'imc
167:gold rush
142:into the
118:8-20,000
86:Vancouver
67:Pemberton
39:Nequatque
35:N'Quatqua
254:See also
210:Shalalth
190:Anderson
128:Anderson
90:Whistler
63:Lillooet
171:Oblate
159:Birken
148:Fraser
55:D'Arcy
144:Seton
77:(see
192:and
169:and
150:.
130:and
88:and
204:in
350::
301:.
250:.
120:BP
41:,
307:.
200:(
31:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.