Metlakatla Nation
Prince Rupert
The territory of the Metlakatla Nation encompasses the Skeena Watershed, Tsimshian Penninsula and offshore islands, Work Channel, Portland Inlet and the coastal area surrounding Prince Rupert.
The Metlakatla Nation’s main community is located in Prince Rupert on BC’s North Coast
Metlakatla Nation
The Metlakatla Nation are part of the wider Tsimshian group that speak the Sm’algyax language. Metlakatla means “saltwater pass” in Sm’algyax.
The main Metlakatla community is located on the Tsimshian Penninsula, close to Prince Rupert.
The health, culture and welfare of the Metlakatla Nation are inextricably linked to the well-being of their lands and waters. The Metlakatla people are committed, as owners and stewards, to ensuring their territory and its resources are responsibly managed, allowing them to sustain future generations.
Related to Metlakatla Nation
Coastal Stewardship Network: Collaborative Monitoring and Protection of First Nations’ Lands and Waters
The Coastal Stewardship Network is supporting its member First Nations as they’ve established sophisticated monitoring programs and their analyses informing vital environmental and resource management decisions.
Coastal Guardian Watchmen Network Featured in Sierra Magazine
First Nations in the Great Bear Rainforest and Haida Gwaii, and across the entirety of what is now called Canada, have been stewarding their lands and waters for millennia. Since the onset of colonialism, Indigenous Peoples have worked tirelessly—through litigation, direct action, and diplomacy—to assert their continued role and responsibility as stewards of their territories
Metlakatla Organizations and Resources
Online Resources
- Metlakatla Guardian Watchmen
Coastal Stewardship Network
- Metlakatla Nation
North Coast Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society
Related Protected Areas
- Diana Lake Provincial Park
- Ecstall Headwaters Conservancy
- Ecstall Sparkling Conservancy
- Ecstall Spokskuut Conservancy
- Gamble Creek Ecological Reserve
- Gitxaala Nii Luutiksm Kitkatla Conservancy
- Gunboat Harbour Conservancy
- Kennedy Island Conservancy
- Khtada Lake Conservancy
- Khutzeymateen Inlet Conservancy
- Khutzeymateen Inlet West Conservancy
- Khutzeymateen Park (K’tzim-a-deen Grizzly Sanctuary)
- Khyex Conservancy
- Kitson Island Marine Provincial Park
- Klewnuggit Conservancy
- Klewnuggit Inlet Marine Provincial Park
- Ksgaxl/Stephens Islands Conservancy
- Ksi X’anmaas Conservancy
- Ksi xts’at’kw/Stagoo Conservancy
- Kts’mkta’ani / Union Lake Conservancy
- Larcom Lagoon Conservancy
- Lax Kwaxl / Dundas-Melville Islands Conservancy
- Lucy Islands Conservancy
- Manzanita Cove Conservancy
- Pa-aat Conservancy
- Prudhomme Lake Provincial Park
- Skeena Bank Conservancy
- Thulme Falls Conservancy
- Wales Harbour Conservancy
- Winter Inlet Conservancy
- Woodworth Lake Conservancy
- Zumtela Bay Conservancy
- Biodiversity, Mining and Tourism Areas