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Moricetown Canyon

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Moricetown Canyon
Moricetown Canyon
Moricetown Canyon
Moricetown Canyon
Moricetown Canyon
Moricetown Canyon
Moricetown Canyon
Moricetown Canyon
Moricetown Canyon
Moricetown Canyon
Moricetown Canyon
Moricetown Canyon
Moricetown Canyon
Moricetown Canyon
Moricetown Canyon
Phone:
+1 800-542-6673

Address:
115 Trans-Canada Hwy, Smithers, BC V0J 2N0, Canada

Moricetown is a Wet'suwet'en village in Central British Columbia, Canada on the west side of the Bulkley River on Coryatsaqua Indian Reserve No. 2, and on Moricetown Indian Reserve No.1. The current village was built during the early 1900s. Evidence of inhabitants date back to around 5,500 years ago. The original name of the village was Witset. It was abandoned after a rockslide that prevented salmon from reaching the canyon. Witsuwit'en people then settled in Tsë Cakh and referred to the old village as Këyikh Wigit . It was renamed after the pioneer missionary Father Adrien-Gabriel Morice.
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