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Bella Coola, British Columbia

Bella Coola is a unincorporated community in the Bella Coola Valley of British Columbia, Canada. Bella Coola usually refers to the entire valley, encompassing the settlements of Bella Coola proper ("the townsite"), Lower Bella Coola, Hagensborg, Salloompt, Nusatsum, Firvale, and Stuie. It is also the location of the head offices of the Central Coast Regional District.

Bella Coola
Bella Coola Consumers Co-op
Bella Coola
Coordinates: 52°22′N 126°45′W / 52.367°N 126.750°W / 52.367; -126.750
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
Regional districtCentral Coast
Population
 • Total2,163
Highways Hwy 20
Websitebellacoola.ca

The entire Bella Coola Valley has a population of 2,163 as of the 2021 census. This was an increase of 8% from the 2016 census, when the population was 2,007.

Geography edit

The primary geographical structure of the community, both in terms of physical structures and population distribution, is the long, narrow Bella Coola River valley. The river meanders along the eastern and northern edges of the town before discharging into the head of North Bentinck Arm.

Highway 20 (known over most of its length as the Chilcotin Highway) stretches from the Government wharf (on the Pacific Ocean) through the extent of the populated portion of the valley before climbing to the Chilcotin Plateau, and the entire population of the community lives either on this road or very near to it.

In recent years, the mountainous terrain around and accessible from the Bella Coola Valley has been advertised for heliskiing. The Bella Coola has been ranked as having the World's Best Heliskiing Operation since 2017,[1][2] and has held this title consistently every year since. Several skiing movies have been filmed in the area.[3][4]

Name edit

"Bella Coola" is an exonym and corruption of the Heiltsuk bḷ́xʷlá, meaning "somebody from Bella Coola" or "stranger". The Nuxalk endonym for the local region is "Nuxalk", and the endonym for the specific village site of Bella Coola is "Q'umk'uts"[5] The name Bella Coola has been used to refer to the entire Bella Coola valley, and at times to the entire ethnic region, not to any village in particular. Increasingly the term "Nuxalk Territory" is used for the entire region, and Bella Coola refers specifically to the river valley. Sir Alexander Mackenzie referred to it as 'Rascal's Village'.[6]: 19 

Climate edit

Bella Coola's climate is a moderate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) due to its proximity to the Pacific Ocean, falling exactly on the borderline with the warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) and close to the warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb) and the warm-summer continental Mediterranean climate (Köppen Dsb). However, its summers are warmer than coastal places much further south due to its semi-inland position. The maritime air is made warmer by the passage of the outer islands, but is stronger in terms of winter moderation. This results in a climate that far belies its northerly latitude in North America. There is a strong drying tendency in summer, but remains above the dry-summer climates that are often referred to as cs climates (mediterranean).

The highest temperature ever recorded in Bella Coola was 41.2 °C (106.2 °F) on 30 July 2009.[7] The coldest temperature ever recorded was −28.9 °C (−20 °F) on 15 January 1950.[8]

Climate data for Bella Coola Airport, 1981−2010 normals, extremes 1895–present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high humidex 15.3 16.6 23.0 28.5 36.0 37.0 42.7 39.1 33.7 26.4 14.9 13.6 42.7
Record high °C (°F) 18.9
(66.0)
17.3
(63.1)
25.0
(77.0)
29.4
(84.9)
37.8
(100.0)
36.3
(97.3)
41.2
(106.2)
37.8
(100.0)
33.3
(91.9)
25.0
(77.0)
20.0
(68.0)
16.0
(60.8)
41.2
(106.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 3.0
(37.4)
5.9
(42.6)
9.9
(49.8)
14.3
(57.7)
18.1
(64.6)
20.7
(69.3)
23.0
(73.4)
22.7
(72.9)
18.7
(65.7)
12.2
(54.0)
5.5
(41.9)
2.4
(36.3)
13.0
(55.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 0.2
(32.4)
2.1
(35.8)
5.0
(41.0)
8.6
(47.5)
12.1
(53.8)
15.1
(59.2)
17.3
(63.1)
17.0
(62.6)
13.4
(56.1)
8.3
(46.9)
2.8
(37.0)
0.0
(32.0)
8.5
(47.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −2.6
(27.3)
−1.8
(28.8)
0.1
(32.2)
2.9
(37.2)
6.1
(43.0)
9.5
(49.1)
11.4
(52.5)
11.2
(52.2)
8.0
(46.4)
4.3
(39.7)
0.1
(32.2)
−2.4
(27.7)
3.9
(39.0)
Record low °C (°F) −28.9
(−20.0)
−24.4
(−11.9)
−20.6
(−5.1)
−9.4
(15.1)
−6.1
(21.0)
−1.1
(30.0)
1.1
(34.0)
−1.1
(30.0)
−4.4
(24.1)
−14.0
(6.8)
−24.5
(−12.1)
−24.4
(−11.9)
−28.9
(−20.0)
Record low wind chill −32.7 −36.8 −26.2 −9.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 −2.6 −21.8 −39.4 −30.6 −39.4
Average precipitation mm (inches) 157.2
(6.19)
87.6
(3.45)
76.4
(3.01)
55.7
(2.19)
47.8
(1.88)
51.1
(2.01)
42.3
(1.67)
60.3
(2.37)
90.1
(3.55)
194.9
(7.67)
204.9
(8.07)
130.8
(5.15)
1,199.1
(47.21)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 131.1
(5.16)
72.4
(2.85)
71.2
(2.80)
55.2
(2.17)
47.8
(1.88)
51.1
(2.01)
42.3
(1.67)
60.3
(2.37)
90.1
(3.55)
193.1
(7.60)
180.4
(7.10)
102.8
(4.05)
1,097.8
(43.22)
Average snowfall cm (inches) 30.3
(11.9)
17.2
(6.8)
5.7
(2.2)
0.6
(0.2)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
2.2
(0.9)
26.0
(10.2)
30.1
(11.9)
112.0
(44.1)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) 18.2 13.3 16.1 14.7 15.7 15.8 13.4 12.9 14.6 21.1 21.1 18.3 195.1
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) 14.8 11.6 15.5 14.7 15.7 15.8 13.4 12.9 14.6 21.0 19.5 14.9 184.3
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) 6.0 3.5 1.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 4.4 7.0 23.1
Average relative humidity (%) 78.5 65.5 55.9 50.3 50.3 53.5 53.3 56.0 61.9 72.9 82.4 82.4 63.6
Mean monthly sunshine hours 16.8 68.8 119.6 160.2 203.7 198.2 231.8 206.8 156.6 80.8 20.2 7.8 1,471.4
Percent possible sunshine 6.5 24.6 32.6 38.4 41.8 39.5 46.0 45.4 41.1 24.5 7.7 3.2 29.3
Source: [9][8][7][10]

Transport edit

 
The wharf at Bella Coola

Road edit

There is a 454 km mostly paved road connection by Highway 20 to Williams Lake. The 137 kilometre section from Bella Coola to Anahim Lake was built in 1953 by local residents, and features a 15 km ascent from the Valley floor to the Chilcotin plateau, gaining 1600 metres in elevation to the summit at Heckman Pass, via a number of steep grades & switchbacks. The construction of this road was described in the books "Bella Coola" and "A Road Runs West".

Air edit

Bella Coola is served by the Bella Coola Airport (on Highway 20, in Hagensborg), 14 km distant from the townsite which has a 1,280 metre runway made of asphalt. Pacific Coastal Airlines offers scheduled traffic to Vancouver and Anahim Lake. Charter services by both plane and helicopter are also available.[11]

Marine ferry edit

BC Ferries provides service from Bella Coola. Since its re-establishment in 1998, this service has connected to Bella Bella, and usually to Port Hardy on Vancouver Island, with various other intermediate destinations served at different times. Currently (2023), using the vessel Northern Sea Wolf, the service includes regular (once per week or more often) voyages to Port Hardy (Bear Cove), Bella Bella (McLoughlin Bay) and Ocean Falls, with greater frequency in the summer.

The sailing schedule varies throughout the season.[12]

History edit

The Nuxalk people were present in the Bella Coola valley prior to any formal written history of the area. This is confirmed both by oral history that continues unbroken to present day, and by written history of some of the first European explorers of the area.

In 1793, Alexander MacKenzie arrived from the east, completing the first recorded crossing of the continent north of Mexico.

Immigration (non-Nuxalk) to the region was sporadic and often temporary for the next century. A Hudson's Bay fur trading post was set up at the mouth of the river (the land granted to the post forms the off-reserve portion of the present-day "townsite"), and a handful of farmers were granted land farther up the valley. The trading trails of the Nuxalk and neighbouring nations became a popular route from the Pacific Ocean to central British Columbia, particularly during the Cariboo Gold Rush of the 1860s. In the 1870s, the valley was surveyed as a potential Pacific terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway; (Burrard Inlet was the eventual choice, its selection giving birth to the city of Vancouver).

In 1894, after their previously-existing community in Minnesota suffered an internal conflict, a group of Norwegian Lutheran settlers were given land grants in the valley, conditional upon land clearing and the construction of residences. The land they were granted, as well as other land previously granted to individuals was, in many cases, land that had been occupied by Nuxalk communities only a few decades (or less) earlier. However, the 1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic had decimated the Nuxalk population, and the survivors had, for the most part, gathered on land close to the mouth of the river (and close to the Hudson's Bay post). The Norwegian settlement was named Hagensborg and remains one of the main communities of the Bella Coola Valley. Although much of the Norwegian colony's population did migrate away, others stayed to work in forestry and in the development of the fishing industry. The cannery at Tallheo, across the arm from Bella Coola, was founded by a Norwegian settler who had given up on farming in the area.

These two populations (Norwegian settlers and Nuxalk), in varying proportions, continued to make up the vast majority of the community's population for most of the next century. However, in recent years, the Norwegian population (or connection to a Norwegian identity) has declined. In 2001, 43% of the population reported "Aboriginal identity", of which the vast majority is Nuxalk, while only 10% reported Norwegian (or Norwegian-Canadian) to be their "Ethnic Origin".

When the community of Ocean Falls suffered a massive population decline in 1980/81, due to the closure of the town's primary industry (a paper mill), Bella Coola became the administrative centre for British Columbia's central coast. This led to the relocation of the Central Coast Regional District (which, up until that time had been called the "Ocean Falls Regional District") offices to Bella Coola, and a general centralization of government services such as provincial government regional centres (e.g. Ministry of Forests) in Bella Coola.

Economy edit

Fishing, forestry, public service (government/education), retail and tourism all contribute significantly to the economy. There is some limited agriculture, including an active farmers' market, processing of locally-caught seafood, a number of craftmakers and artists (including several celebrated Nuxalk artisans) and a fish hatchery. The only financial institution in Bella Coola is a branch of the Williams Lake & District Credit Union, heir to a sixty-plus-year tradition of the Bella Coola Valley Credit Union.

In popular culture edit

In the 2008 film The Incredible Hulk, the main character, Bruce Banner / Hulk concludes the plot by escaping to Bella Coola, where he attempts to control his transformations. Significant footage for the film was shot in and near Bella Coola, though only very limited amounts were retained in the finished product.

Elected representatives edit

Regional district edit

The Bella Coola Valley includes Electoral Areas C, D and E of the Central Coast Regional District (CCRD)

  • Electoral Area C: Jayme Kennedy
  • Electoral Area D: Lawrence Northeast
  • Electoral Area E: Will Ward

Provincial edit

The Bella Coola Valley is located within the North Coast electoral district of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly. The riding is represented by New Democrat MLA Jennifer Rice.

Federal edit

The Bella Coola Valley lies within the Canadian Parliamentary riding (electoral district) of Skeena—Bulkley Valley, currently represented by New Democrat MP Taylor Bachrach.

Notable people edit

See also edit

References edit

  • Nater, Hank F. (1984). The Bella Coola Language. Mercury Series; Canadian Ethnology Service (No. 92). Ottawa: National Museums of Canada.
  1. ^ "World Ski Awards » World's Best Heli-Ski Operator 2020". World Ski Awards. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Awards". Bella Coola Heli Sports. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  3. ^ "Watch the best ski and snowboard movies featuring Canada on Red Bull TV right now". Red Bull. March 26, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  4. ^ "Ski Movies Featuring Bella Coola". Bella Coola Heli Sports. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  5. ^ Nater, H.F. (1984). The Bella Coola Language. National Museums of Canada. p. XVII.
  6. ^ Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-0636-2
  7. ^ a b "July 2009". Canadian Climate Data. Environment Canada. October 31, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Bella Coola". 1981 to 2010 Canadian Normals Data. Environment Canada. September 25, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  9. ^ "Calculation Information for 1981 to 2010 Canadian Normals Data". Environment Canada. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  10. ^ "March 2016". Canadian Climate Data. Environment Canada. October 31, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  11. ^ Website describing the Bella Coola airport
  12. ^ BC Ferries schedule for winter involving Bella Coola

External links edit

  • Official website  
  •   Bella Coola travel guide from Wikivoyage
  • "Bella Coola". BC Geographical Names.
  • Bella Coola Valley Tourism association official website
  • Bella Coola and its environs, a description

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Not to be confused with Bella Bella British Columbia For the language see Nuxalk language Bella Coola is a unincorporated community in the Bella Coola Valley of British Columbia Canada Bella Coola usually refers to the entire valley encompassing the settlements of Bella Coola proper the townsite Lower Bella Coola Hagensborg Salloompt Nusatsum Firvale and Stuie It is also the location of the head offices of the Central Coast Regional District Bella CoolaUnincorporated communityBella Coola Consumers Co opBella CoolaCoordinates 52 22 N 126 45 W 52 367 N 126 750 W 52 367 126 750CountryCanadaProvinceBritish ColumbiaRegional districtCentral CoastPopulation Total2 163HighwaysHwy 20Websitebellacoola wbr caThe entire Bella Coola Valley has a population of 2 163 as of the 2021 census This was an increase of 8 from the 2016 census when the population was 2 007 Contents 1 Geography 2 Name 3 Climate 4 Transport 4 1 Road 4 2 Air 4 3 Marine ferry 5 History 6 Economy 7 In popular culture 8 Elected representatives 8 1 Regional district 8 2 Provincial 8 3 Federal 9 Notable people 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksGeography editThe primary geographical structure of the community both in terms of physical structures and population distribution is the long narrow Bella Coola River valley The river meanders along the eastern and northern edges of the town before discharging into the head of North Bentinck Arm Highway 20 known over most of its length as the Chilcotin Highway stretches from the Government wharf on the Pacific Ocean through the extent of the populated portion of the valley before climbing to the Chilcotin Plateau and the entire population of the community lives either on this road or very near to it In recent years the mountainous terrain around and accessible from the Bella Coola Valley has been advertised for heliskiing The Bella Coola has been ranked as having the World s Best Heliskiing Operation since 2017 1 2 and has held this title consistently every year since Several skiing movies have been filmed in the area 3 4 Name edit Bella Coola is an exonym and corruption of the Heiltsuk bḷ xʷla meaning somebody from Bella Coola or stranger The Nuxalk endonym for the local region is Nuxalk and the endonym for the specific village site of Bella Coola is Q umk uts 5 The name Bella Coola has been used to refer to the entire Bella Coola valley and at times to the entire ethnic region not to any village in particular Increasingly the term Nuxalk Territory is used for the entire region and Bella Coola refers specifically to the river valley Sir Alexander Mackenzie referred to it as Rascal s Village 6 19 Climate editBella Coola s climate is a moderate oceanic climate Koppen Cfb due to its proximity to the Pacific Ocean falling exactly on the borderline with the warm summer humid continental climate Koppen Dfb and close to the warm summer Mediterranean climate Koppen Csb and the warm summer continental Mediterranean climate Koppen Dsb However its summers are warmer than coastal places much further south due to its semi inland position The maritime air is made warmer by the passage of the outer islands but is stronger in terms of winter moderation This results in a climate that far belies its northerly latitude in North America There is a strong drying tendency in summer but remains above the dry summer climates that are often referred to as cs climates mediterranean The highest temperature ever recorded in Bella Coola was 41 2 C 106 2 F on 30 July 2009 7 The coldest temperature ever recorded was 28 9 C 20 F on 15 January 1950 8 Climate data for Bella Coola Airport 1981 2010 normals extremes 1895 presentMonth Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high humidex 15 3 16 6 23 0 28 5 36 0 37 0 42 7 39 1 33 7 26 4 14 9 13 6 42 7Record high C F 18 9 66 0 17 3 63 1 25 0 77 0 29 4 84 9 37 8 100 0 36 3 97 3 41 2 106 2 37 8 100 0 33 3 91 9 25 0 77 0 20 0 68 0 16 0 60 8 41 2 106 2 Mean daily maximum C F 3 0 37 4 5 9 42 6 9 9 49 8 14 3 57 7 18 1 64 6 20 7 69 3 23 0 73 4 22 7 72 9 18 7 65 7 12 2 54 0 5 5 41 9 2 4 36 3 13 0 55 4 Daily mean C F 0 2 32 4 2 1 35 8 5 0 41 0 8 6 47 5 12 1 53 8 15 1 59 2 17 3 63 1 17 0 62 6 13 4 56 1 8 3 46 9 2 8 37 0 0 0 32 0 8 5 47 3 Mean daily minimum C F 2 6 27 3 1 8 28 8 0 1 32 2 2 9 37 2 6 1 43 0 9 5 49 1 11 4 52 5 11 2 52 2 8 0 46 4 4 3 39 7 0 1 32 2 2 4 27 7 3 9 39 0 Record low C F 28 9 20 0 24 4 11 9 20 6 5 1 9 4 15 1 6 1 21 0 1 1 30 0 1 1 34 0 1 1 30 0 4 4 24 1 14 0 6 8 24 5 12 1 24 4 11 9 28 9 20 0 Record low wind chill 32 7 36 8 26 2 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 21 8 39 4 30 6 39 4Average precipitation mm inches 157 2 6 19 87 6 3 45 76 4 3 01 55 7 2 19 47 8 1 88 51 1 2 01 42 3 1 67 60 3 2 37 90 1 3 55 194 9 7 67 204 9 8 07 130 8 5 15 1 199 1 47 21 Average rainfall mm inches 131 1 5 16 72 4 2 85 71 2 2 80 55 2 2 17 47 8 1 88 51 1 2 01 42 3 1 67 60 3 2 37 90 1 3 55 193 1 7 60 180 4 7 10 102 8 4 05 1 097 8 43 22 Average snowfall cm inches 30 3 11 9 17 2 6 8 5 7 2 2 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 9 26 0 10 2 30 1 11 9 112 0 44 1 Average precipitation days 0 2 mm 18 2 13 3 16 1 14 7 15 7 15 8 13 4 12 9 14 6 21 1 21 1 18 3 195 1Average rainy days 0 2 mm 14 8 11 6 15 5 14 7 15 7 15 8 13 4 12 9 14 6 21 0 19 5 14 9 184 3Average snowy days 0 2 cm 6 0 3 5 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 7 0 23 1Average relative humidity 78 5 65 5 55 9 50 3 50 3 53 5 53 3 56 0 61 9 72 9 82 4 82 4 63 6Mean monthly sunshine hours 16 8 68 8 119 6 160 2 203 7 198 2 231 8 206 8 156 6 80 8 20 2 7 8 1 471 4Percent possible sunshine 6 5 24 6 32 6 38 4 41 8 39 5 46 0 45 4 41 1 24 5 7 7 3 2 29 3Source 9 8 7 10 Transport edit nbsp The wharf at Bella CoolaRoad edit There is a 454 km mostly paved road connection by Highway 20 to Williams Lake The 137 kilometre section from Bella Coola to Anahim Lake was built in 1953 by local residents and features a 15 km ascent from the Valley floor to the Chilcotin plateau gaining 1600 metres in elevation to the summit at Heckman Pass via a number of steep grades amp switchbacks The construction of this road was described in the books Bella Coola and A Road Runs West Air edit Bella Coola is served by the Bella Coola Airport on Highway 20 in Hagensborg 14 km distant from the townsite which has a 1 280 metre runway made of asphalt Pacific Coastal Airlines offers scheduled traffic to Vancouver and Anahim Lake Charter services by both plane and helicopter are also available 11 Marine ferry edit BC Ferries provides service from Bella Coola Since its re establishment in 1998 this service has connected to Bella Bella and usually to Port Hardy on Vancouver Island with various other intermediate destinations served at different times Currently 2023 using the vessel Northern Sea Wolf the service includes regular once per week or more often voyages to Port Hardy Bear Cove Bella Bella McLoughlin Bay and Ocean Falls with greater frequency in the summer The sailing schedule varies throughout the season 12 History editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed November 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Nuxalk people were present in the Bella Coola valley prior to any formal written history of the area This is confirmed both by oral history that continues unbroken to present day and by written history of some of the first European explorers of the area In 1793 Alexander MacKenzie arrived from the east completing the first recorded crossing of the continent north of Mexico Immigration non Nuxalk to the region was sporadic and often temporary for the next century A Hudson s Bay fur trading post was set up at the mouth of the river the land granted to the post forms the off reserve portion of the present day townsite and a handful of farmers were granted land farther up the valley The trading trails of the Nuxalk and neighbouring nations became a popular route from the Pacific Ocean to central British Columbia particularly during the Cariboo Gold Rush of the 1860s In the 1870s the valley was surveyed as a potential Pacific terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway Burrard Inlet was the eventual choice its selection giving birth to the city of Vancouver In 1894 after their previously existing community in Minnesota suffered an internal conflict a group of Norwegian Lutheran settlers were given land grants in the valley conditional upon land clearing and the construction of residences The land they were granted as well as other land previously granted to individuals was in many cases land that had been occupied by Nuxalk communities only a few decades or less earlier However the 1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic had decimated the Nuxalk population and the survivors had for the most part gathered on land close to the mouth of the river and close to the Hudson s Bay post The Norwegian settlement was named Hagensborg and remains one of the main communities of the Bella Coola Valley Although much of the Norwegian colony s population did migrate away others stayed to work in forestry and in the development of the fishing industry The cannery at Tallheo across the arm from Bella Coola was founded by a Norwegian settler who had given up on farming in the area These two populations Norwegian settlers and Nuxalk in varying proportions continued to make up the vast majority of the community s population for most of the next century However in recent years the Norwegian population or connection to a Norwegian identity has declined In 2001 43 of the population reported Aboriginal identity of which the vast majority is Nuxalk while only 10 reported Norwegian or Norwegian Canadian to be their Ethnic Origin When the community of Ocean Falls suffered a massive population decline in 1980 81 due to the closure of the town s primary industry a paper mill Bella Coola became the administrative centre for British Columbia s central coast This led to the relocation of the Central Coast Regional District which up until that time had been called the Ocean Falls Regional District offices to Bella Coola and a general centralization of government services such as provincial government regional centres e g Ministry of Forests in Bella Coola Economy editFishing forestry public service government education retail and tourism all contribute significantly to the economy There is some limited agriculture including an active farmers market processing of locally caught seafood a number of craftmakers and artists including several celebrated Nuxalk artisans and a fish hatchery The only financial institution in Bella Coola is a branch of the Williams Lake amp District Credit Union heir to a sixty plus year tradition of the Bella Coola Valley Credit Union In popular culture editIn the 2008 film The Incredible Hulk the main character Bruce Banner Hulk concludes the plot by escaping to Bella Coola where he attempts to control his transformations Significant footage for the film was shot in and near Bella Coola though only very limited amounts were retained in the finished product Elected representatives editRegional district edit The Bella Coola Valley includes Electoral Areas C D and E of the Central Coast Regional District CCRD Electoral Area C Jayme Kennedy Electoral Area D Lawrence Northeast Electoral Area E Will WardProvincial edit The Bella Coola Valley is located within the North Coast electoral district of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly The riding is represented by New Democrat MLA Jennifer Rice Federal edit The Bella Coola Valley lies within the Canadian Parliamentary riding electoral district of Skeena Bulkley Valley currently represented by New Democrat MP Taylor Bachrach Notable people editBanchi Hanuse film maker Anna Hostman composerSee also editBella Coola Music FestivalReferences editNater Hank F 1984 The Bella Coola Language Mercury Series Canadian Ethnology Service No 92 Ottawa National Museums of Canada World Ski Awards World s Best Heli Ski Operator 2020 World Ski Awards Retrieved November 7 2023 Awards Bella Coola Heli Sports Retrieved November 7 2023 Watch the best ski and snowboard movies featuring Canada on Red Bull TV right now Red Bull March 26 2020 Retrieved November 7 2023 Ski Movies Featuring Bella Coola Bella Coola Heli Sports Retrieved November 7 2023 Nater H F 1984 The Bella Coola Language National Museums of Canada p XVII Akrigg G P V Akrigg Helen B 1986 British Columbia Place Names 3rd 1997 ed Vancouver UBC Press ISBN 0 7748 0636 2 a b July 2009 Canadian Climate Data Environment Canada October 31 2011 Retrieved June 6 2016 a b Bella Coola 1981 to 2010 Canadian Normals Data Environment Canada September 25 2013 Retrieved June 6 2016 Calculation Information for 1981 to 2010 Canadian Normals Data Environment Canada Retrieved July 9 2013 March 2016 Canadian Climate Data Environment Canada October 31 2011 Retrieved June 6 2016 Website describing the Bella Coola airport BC Ferries schedule for winter involving Bella CoolaExternal links editOfficial website nbsp nbsp Bella Coola travel guide from Wikivoyage Bella Coola BC Geographical Names Bella Coola Valley Tourism association official website Bella Coola and its environs a description Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bella Coola British Columbia amp oldid 1191549720, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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