GEOGRAPHY 12

FIRST NATIONS
REGIONS IN BC

COLUMBIA LAKE
Region: Kootenay
First Nations name: ?Akisq'nuk First Nation
Name Used After Colonization: Columbia
Lake
Language: Ktunaxa
Description of Region:The Kootenay Region
is mountainous; encompassing four mountain
ranges, from east to west: the Rocky
Mountains, the Purcell Mountains, the Selkirk
Mountains, and the Monashee Mountains.The
region encompasses the Canadian portion of
the Columbia River Basin.

BRIDGE RIVER

Region: Lower Mainland Southwest

First Nations Name: Xwisten,
NXwisten
Name Used After Colonization :
Bridge River
Language: St ̓át ̓imcets
Description of Region: Bridge River is
considered to be a mid-sized stream
that is estimated to be 120 km long. It
flows south-east from the snowfields of
the Coastal Mountains. It joins the
Fraser River which is located near
Lillooet.

ALEXIS CREEK

Region: Cariboo
First Nations Name : Tsideldel
Name Used After Colonization: Alexis Creek
Language: Tsilhqot'in
Description of Region : Alexis Creek in
Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, is a small village
located on Highway 20 in the Chilcotin
Grasslands Region. The geography of the
region consists of land with hills, farm fields
and grasslands. The region has many lakes
and back country forests.

BY NANDINI SONI