Family Moves Into Nuxalk Village Site Nusq’lst for the First Time in 164 Years

Family moves into Nuxalk village site Nusq’lst for the first time in 164 years

Nestled in the lush coastal temperate rainforest of the Bella Coola Valley sits the ancestral village of Nusq’lst.

Family moves into Nuxalk village site Nusq'lst for the first time in 164 years

The cabin in the ancestral village of Nusq’lst. Submitted photo Nestled in the lush coastal temperate rainforest of the Bella Coola Valley sits the ancestral village of Nusq’lst. The last time someone lived at the historic Nuxalk townsite was in 1862, as people’s forced removal from their homelands and the devastating smallpox epidemic emptied many traditional villages. Now, 164 years later, three generations of a family are calling Nusq’lst hom…