Bella Coola - Citizendia

Bella Coola may refer to several things, all closely related to a geographic area within British Columbia's Central Coast:

The Nuxálk, an indigenous people of the area who in the past had been referred to as the Bella Coola
The Nuxálk language spoken by Nuxálk peoples
Bella Coola, British Columbia, a community of approximately 600 at the western extremity of the Bella Coola Valley. Nuxálk (also Bella Coola) is a Salishan language spoken in the vicinity of the Canadian town Bella Coola British Columbia by approximately Bella Coola is a community of approximately 600 at the western extremity of the Bella Coola valley Bella Coola may also refer to the entire valley, encompassing the settlements of Bella Coola, Lower Bella Coola, Hagensborg, Saloompt, Nusatsum, Firvale and Stuie, and include nearby marine-access settlements such as Tallheo. Hagensborg is a small community in the Bella Coola valley in British Columbia, Canada. Tallheo is a First Nations community of the Nuxálk people and former cannery town near Bella Coola British Columbia, Canada, on North Bentinck Arm
Bella Coola River, formed by the confluence of the Talchako and Atnarko rivers, and flowing westward to its estuary as it enters the Pacific Ocean, spilling into the North Bentinck Arm of Burke Channel
Bella Coola Valley, colloquially the actual valley through which the Bella Coola River flows and several of the side-valleys

The Bella Coola River is a major river on the Pacific slope of the Coast Mountains in southern British Columbia.

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