Mount Waddington. History The area around Tŝilhqox Biny was where some of the backwoods maneuverings and sit-outs of the Chilcotin War of 1864 took place, and the Tsilhqot'in people who live here, the Xeni Gwet'in, are said to include descendants of Klatsassin, the main leader of the war. The vicinity of the lake is also the habitat of some of the last holdouts of the Chilcotin Country's once-numerous herds of wild horses, especially in the plateau-terrain area known as the Brittany Triangle area between the Chilko and Taseko Rivers, which is currently (2005) a subject of preservationist vs resource industry controversy, though not as high profile as other regions of the province. In the 1950s, Tŝilhqox Biny and River were passed over as a potential hydropower resource for Alcan due to the salmon presence. Projected hydroelectric plans to divert the Taseko Lakes into Tŝilhqox Biny, and the combined Chilko and Taseko flows into Tatlayoko Lake and via a series of dams down the Homathko River, have been scrapped because of the provincial park status enjoyed by Chilko and Taseko Lakes. The area between Tatlayoko and Tŝilhqox Biny is not protected, however, and plans for the dams and power plants in the canyon the Homathko River are still possible. One, the largest, would be built immediately atop the site of the first "battle" of the Chilcotin War, marked on government maps as "Murderer's Bar". See also Alone: Grizzly Mountain (Season 8) References Lakes of the Chilcotin Lakes of British Columbia History of British Columbia Range 2 Coast Land District