Talk:Namu, British Columbia

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[edit] Archealogy

Apparently this is one of the oldest discovered sites of continual occupation on the west coast of North America, with artifacts dating back 20,000+ years. I'll research and add anything pertinent. If anyone has detailed info, please add to the article.--Keefer4 | Talk 10:58, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New material

I'm too lazy just now to try and crib geographic/historical details from The Tyee article I just used as a ref about Namu the kiler whale; here's what else is in the article if somebody else would care to adapt it for this article:

The tiny coastal hamlet of Namu lies on the mainland shore of the Inside Passage about 120 kilometres north of Port Hardy, where coastal boat traffic takes a sharp right turn and heads up Burke Channel toward Bella Coola. Archaeologists have discovered that people have lived there for 10,000 years, making it the oldest known inhabited place on the B.C. coast. Little evidence remains today, but not long ago, Namu was the site of a thriving cannery village with a population of several hundred people during the summer fishing season. It had a café and store, bunkhouses and bungalows for the plant workers and managers, net lofts, an ice plant, even a two-room schoolhouse,

Nice details, maybe I'll re-order the wording here so as to not plagiarize ;-) but maybe there's better folks to do that....once it's in place Category:Archaeological sites in British Columbia applies; I also think we should start a Category:Cannery towns in British Columbia and the Cannery redirect to Canning should be made into a full article. There were hundreds of canneries and cannery towns on the BCV Coast; the Canning article needs mention of them also.Skookum1 (talk) 15:05, 16 May 2008 (UTC)