t Gitwangak Battle Hill National Historic Site (formerly Kitwanga Fort), scan wide-open views of the scenic Kitwanga River valley and a high grassy knoll, once the site of a fortified village where the Gitwangak people defended their domain in the mid-1700s to 1800s. Hear the whisper of First Nations legends in the air around you as you stand beneath a line of majestic age-old totem poles at nearby Gitwangak Village.
Gitwangak Battle Hill National Historic Site
Kitwanga, British Columbia
- Type
- Military
- Address
- Gitwangak Battle Hill National Historic Site, Kitwanga, BC, Canada
Get directions - Hours
- https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/bc/gitwangak
- Phone
- 1-877-559-8818
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Gitwangak Battle Hill National Historic Site, Kitwanga, BC, Canada
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