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Hazelton, British Columbia
Hazelton is a village municipality in the Skeena region of west central British Columbia, Canada. The place is on the southeast side of the Skeena River immediately north of the Bulkley River mouth, where the confluence forms a peninsula. On BC Highway 62, the locality is by road about 75 kilometres (47 mi) northwest of Smithers and 144 kilometres (89 mi) northeast of Terrace. Hazelton is the original of the "Three Hazeltons", the other two being New Hazelton to the southeast and South Hazelton to the south.
The two rivers flow through the broad forested glacial valleys. The Roche de Boule range forms the southern wall of the Skeena valley. To the north are the Skeena Mountains and to the northwest the Kispiox Range. Layered sandstone and shale lie beneath the Hazeltons area. About 25,000 years ago, the ice sheet was 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) thick. Over the past 11,000 years, the rivers have cut down through the thick moraine exposing the bedrock.
First Nations have inhabited the area for at least 7,000 years.
In the 1840s, Simon McGillivray, a Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) chief trader, led an expedition from Babine Lake to what would become Hazelton.
In 1865, a survey party for the Russian–American Telegraph ventured up the Skeena to this point and left supplies for the construction crew arriving the following year. In 1866, the telegraph line was extended from Quesnel via Fort Fraser and passed the future Hazelton that July, before terminating 40 kilometres (25 mi) farther north. In 1867, the line north of Quesnel was abandoned.
During 1866–1868, the HBC operated the Ackwilgate fur trading post immediately south across the Bulkley at Mission Point.
The abandoned telegraph trail provided access for prospectors. During the Omineca Gold Rush of 1870–1871, the Hazelton settlement became strategic. As many as 4,000 miners made it a base. After the goldrush ended, European residents dwindled to a handful.
In 1881, William Collison founded the Anglican mission at Hazelton among the Gitxsan. In July 1888, the militia was sent from Victoria to quell an indigenous uprising at Hazelton, following the killing of Kitwancool Jim. On being informed the tension had subsided, only special constables went upriver to investigate, while the militia camped near Port Essington. Weeks later, the militia returned to base.
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Hazelton, British Columbia
Hazelton is a village municipality in the Skeena region of west central British Columbia, Canada. The place is on the southeast side of the Skeena River immediately north of the Bulkley River mouth, where the confluence forms a peninsula. On BC Highway 62, the locality is by road about 75 kilometres (47 mi) northwest of Smithers and 144 kilometres (89 mi) northeast of Terrace. Hazelton is the original of the "Three Hazeltons", the other two being New Hazelton to the southeast and South Hazelton to the south.
The two rivers flow through the broad forested glacial valleys. The Roche de Boule range forms the southern wall of the Skeena valley. To the north are the Skeena Mountains and to the northwest the Kispiox Range. Layered sandstone and shale lie beneath the Hazeltons area. About 25,000 years ago, the ice sheet was 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) thick. Over the past 11,000 years, the rivers have cut down through the thick moraine exposing the bedrock.
First Nations have inhabited the area for at least 7,000 years.
In the 1840s, Simon McGillivray, a Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) chief trader, led an expedition from Babine Lake to what would become Hazelton.
In 1865, a survey party for the Russian–American Telegraph ventured up the Skeena to this point and left supplies for the construction crew arriving the following year. In 1866, the telegraph line was extended from Quesnel via Fort Fraser and passed the future Hazelton that July, before terminating 40 kilometres (25 mi) farther north. In 1867, the line north of Quesnel was abandoned.
During 1866–1868, the HBC operated the Ackwilgate fur trading post immediately south across the Bulkley at Mission Point.
The abandoned telegraph trail provided access for prospectors. During the Omineca Gold Rush of 1870–1871, the Hazelton settlement became strategic. As many as 4,000 miners made it a base. After the goldrush ended, European residents dwindled to a handful.
In 1881, William Collison founded the Anglican mission at Hazelton among the Gitxsan. In July 1888, the militia was sent from Victoria to quell an indigenous uprising at Hazelton, following the killing of Kitwancool Jim. On being informed the tension had subsided, only special constables went upriver to investigate, while the militia camped near Port Essington. Weeks later, the militia returned to base.