Laxgalts'ap, British Columbia
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Laxg̱alts'ap (also Laxqalts'ap, Greenville) is a Nisga'a village of approximately 600, in the Nass River valley of British Columbia.
It is one of the four main villages in Nisga'a territory, and is situated on the north side of the Nass River between Gitwinksihlkw to the east and Gingolx to the west. It is approximately 24 km from where the Nass empties into the Pacific Ocean at Nass Bay. In the Nisga'a language, Laxgalts'ap translates to "village on village"-- the current village was built on the site of a much older one.[1]
Laxgalts'ap got its English name of Greenville from Methodist Missionary Alfred Green, who was based here in the late 19th Century.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Laxgalts'ap Village Homepage (My World of the Nisga'a Nation)
- ^ "Greenville". Encyclopedia of British Columbia. (2000). Harbour Publishing
