Kitselas is a railway point on the northwestern shore of the Skeena River in the Skeena region of west central British Columbia, Canada. The former name was Vanarsdol. Across the Skeena to the southwest is the mouth of the Zymoetz River (commonly called the Copper River). This river bridge on BC Highway 16 is by road about 10 kilometres (6 mi) northeast of Terrace.
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Mount Royal was a sternwheeler that worked on the Skeena River and Stikine Rivers in British Columbia, Canada, from 1902 until 1907. She was named after Lord Strathcona who was also known as Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal.
Mount Royal was owned by the Hudson's Bay Company which also owned Caledonia and Strathcona. These sternwheelers were used to serve the communities along the river before and during the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. During her six seasons of service, Mount Royal was piloted by Captain SB Johnson.
Mount Royal was built to run against Hazelton a privately owned sternwheeler that worked as a passenger and freight steamer for Robert Cunningham.
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The Zymoetz River is a tributary of the Skeena River in northwestern part of the province of British Columbia, Canada. From its source in the Bulkley Ranges of the Hazelton Mountains the Zymoetz River flows southeast for about 145 km to empty into the Skeena River in the Zaimoetz 5 Indian Reserve of the Kitselas First Nation.
The Zymoetz River's drainage basin covers 3,026 km2. The river's mean annual discharge is estimated at 114 m3/s, with most of the flow occurring between May and October. According to the stream gauge "08EF005 Zymoetz River Above O.K. Creek", the Zymoetz's maximum recorded instantaneous discharge was 3,140 m3/s, on 1 November 1978. The Zymoetz watershed's land cover is classified as 56.8% conifer forest, 17.8% barren, 13.3% snow/glacier, and small amounts of other cover. The mouth of the Zymoetz River is located about 8 km west of Terrace, British Columbia, about 57 km north of Kitimat, about 120 km east of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, and about 380 km west of Prince George, British Columbia.
Most of the Zymoetz River's drainage basin lies within the traditional territory of the Tsimshian Kitselas First Nation of the Kitselas people. The Burnie River tributary area is part of the traditional territory of the Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation.
The meaning of "Zymoetz" is unclear. It may come from a Tsimshianic word meaning "palm of the hand".
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CFNR-FM is a Canadian radio station based in Terrace, British Columbia, owned and operated by Northern Native Broadcasting. The station operates at 92.1 FM from the station headquarters in Terrace. The programming reflects and is broadcast to over 70 First Nations communities in northern and central British Columbia and has an audience of over 150,000 listeners. Programming of CFNR-FM is distributed to numerous repeater stations in the region.
The station describes its music programming as classic rock format. Programming includes cultural events such as the Hobiyee celebrations in Vancouver and Nisga'a territory, National Indigenous Peoples Day, and cultural sports broadcasts such as the annual All-Native Tournament and the Junior all Native Basketball Tournaments.
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North Coast Distance Education at www.ncdes.ca is a public distance education program in Northern British Columbia offering distributed learning courses to students in BC. NCDE is a member of Learn Now BC and BC Learning Network
NCDE offers courses to students of all ages from kindergarten to grade 12 and adult. Much of NCDES's student body come from the local area, but NCDE is open to enrolments from throughout the province of BC.