Skidegate
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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Skidegate
| native_name = Hlg̱aagilda
| native_name_lang = hai
| settlement_type = First Nation reserve
| motto =
| image_skyline = Skidegate1.jpg
| image_caption = View of the {{lang|hai|Kay Llnagaay}} beach in Skidegate.
| pushpin_map = Canada British Columbia
| pushpin_label_position = none
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Skidegate in Haida Gwaii
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Canada
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = British Columbia
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = {{langr|hai|Haida Gwaii}}
| subdivision_type3 = Regional district
| subdivision_name3 = North Coast
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| government_footnotes =
| government_type = Band government
| governing_body = Skidegate Band Council
| leader_title =
| leader_name = Skidegate Band Council
| leader_title1 = Chief Councillor
| leader_name1 = Willard Wilson
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1850
| established_date2 =
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 5.65
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| population_as_of = 2016
| population_note =
| population_total = 837
| population_density_km2 = 138.3
| timezone = PST
| utc_offset = −8
| timezone_DST = PDT
| utc_offset_DST = −7
| coordinates = {{coord|53|16|02|N|131|59|26|W|region:CA-BC|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 28
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| blank_name = Highways
| blank_info = {{jct|state=BC|TCH|16}}
| blank1_name = Waterways
| blank1_info = Hecate Strait
| website =
| footnotes =
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Skidegate {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|k|ɪ|d|ᵻ|ɡ|ᵻ|t}} ({{langx|hai|Hlg̱aagilda}}){{Cite web|title=FirstVoices: Hlg̱aagilda X̱aayda Kil: words|url=http://www.firstvoices.com/en/Hlgaagilda-Xaayda-Kil/word/fc68f502b9f8e82a/Slatechuck+River|access-date=2012-07-08 }} is a Haida community in {{lang|hai|i=unset|Haida Gwaii}} in British Columbia, Canada. It is on the southeast coast of Graham Island,{{Cite web|url=http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/53254.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140226141159/http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/53254.html|url-status=dead|title=BC Geographical Names|website=apps.gov.bc.ca|archive-date=2014-02-26|access-date=2014-02-26}} the largest island in the archipelago, and is approximately {{convert|50|km|mi}} west of mainland British Columbia across Hecate Strait.
Skidegate, which is on Skidegate Indian Reserve No. 1 and was formerly home to the Skidegate Mission{{Cite web|url=http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/53255.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140226141212/http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/53255.html|url-status=dead|title=BC Geographical Names|website=apps.gov.bc.ca|archive-date=2014-02-26|access-date=2014-02-26}}{{Cite web|url=http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/64779.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140226141142/http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/64779.html|url-status=dead|title=BC Geographical Names|website=apps.gov.bc.ca|archive-date=2014-02-26|access-date=2014-02-26}} is also the northern terminal for the BC Ferries service between Graham Island and Alliford Bay on Moresby Island.
Naming
According to tradition, the village was named after an earlier village chief, {{Langx|hai|Sg̱iida-gidg̱a Iihllngas|4=Son of the Chiton|label=none|italic=no}}[http://www.firstvoices.com/en/Hlgaagilda-Xaayda-Kil/word-query-results?q=chiton&btn=Search&archive=Hlgaagilda-Xaayda-Kil&lang=en Hlg̱aagilda X̱aayda Kil, Haida language] at FirstVoices. Accessed 1 July 2017. whose name late 18th-century traders in sea otter pelts recorded as Skidegate.G.F. MacDonald,[Skidegate https://www.sfu.ca/brc/virtual_village/haida/skidegate.html] 1983, SFU Bill Reid Centre. Accessed 1 July 2017. Between 1790 and 1820, the community was a hub for the exploitation of sea otter furs.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120319145631/http://www.vancouverisland.com/regions/towns/?townID=3732 Skidegate], VancouverIsland.com (Archived link). Accessed 1 July 2017.
Totem poles
Skidegate is home to a number of totem poles:{{cite news | title=The totem poles of Haida Gwaii | work=Haida Gwaii | page=30 | publisher=Haida Gwaii Observer}}
- T'anuu'llnagaay (Tanu) by Giitsxaa
- Hlknul'llnagaay (Cumshewa) by Gidansda Guujaaw
- HlGaagilda'llnagaay (Skidegate) by Norman Price
- K'uuna'llnagaay (Skedans) by Jim Hart
- Ts'aahj'llnagaay (Chaatl) by Garner Moody
- Eagle and Bear Mother by Dick Bellis
- Dogfish, by Bill Reid
- Unity Pole
- Chief Skedans Jimmy Wilson Memorial by Bert Wilson and Joe Mander
- Strongman by Tim Boyko, Skaadgaa Naay elementary school
- Chief Wiiganaad Sid Crosby Naa'uuwans (chieftanship) by Tim Boyko and Jason Goetzinger
- Weeping Woman of Taanu by Norman Price St
- Chieftanship Pole to Honour Matriarch Barb Wilson
- SGang Gwaay'llnagaay (Ninstints) by Tim Boyko
- Kaay Watchman's pole
The Haida Heritage Centre is in Skidegate along the town's eastern boundary.
See also
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161018114501/http://www.skidegate.ca/ Skidegate website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120522184647/http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/inside/absk-current.html BC Ferries schedule for Skidegate–Alliford Bay]
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