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Bella Coola

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Bel·la Coo·la  (bl kl)
n. pl. Bella Coola or Bel·la Coo·las
1.
a. A Native American people inhabiting the coast of British Columbia along the Bella Coola River, a short stream flowing westward into a channel of Queen Charlotte Sound.
b. A member of this people.
2. The Salishan language of the Bella Coola.
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He cites the decline in bees in the northern town of Bella Coola, which resulted in a low yield of berries, which meant that local grizzly bears couldn't hibernate due to lack of food.
Backyard beehives: they're booming on Canada's west coast with ... by Ditmars, Hadani / New Internationalist
claim to control of Canada hundreds of miles beyond the northern tip of Vancouver Island and north of the mouth of the Bella Coola River.
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In this case, the Court fixed on 1793, the date of Alexander Mackenzie's journey "from Canada, by land" to Bella Coola on the BC coast though Mackenzie's route was well north of Tsilhqot'in territory (although the judgment acknowledges that Mackenzie did not actually contact the Tsilhqot' in because his route was well north of Tsilhqot'in territory).
A road to resolution? Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia by Edmond, John B.H. / LawNow
 
 
 
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