Kitwanga or Gitwangak or Gitwangax ("people of the place of rabbits" in the Gitxsan language) is located where the Kitwanga River runs into the Skeena River in British Columbia. A long-standing village before contact, the village is within Gitwangak Indian Reserve No. 1. There is recreational salmon fishing (chinook, coho, pink, sockeye and steelhead). The community is governed by a local band office. As of the current census the population of Kitwanga is approximately 480 and is primarily a small town made up of patriarchal families like the Ranahans Harris, fallers Faulkners Daniels and the Spooners. National Historic Site of Canada The totem poles of Gitwangak village are a National Historic Site of Canada, as is nearby Kitwanga Fort. The Gitxsan Nation is made up of: Kitwanga (Gitwangak) Kispiox (Anspayax) Glen Vowell (Sik i dak) Old Hazelton (Gitanmaax) Gitsegukla, also spelled Kitseguecla or Kitsegukla Cedarvale (Meanskaniist or Minskinish,). 'Ksan (living museum/historical village) Notable residents Judith P. Morgan, painter See also Gitwangak Battle Hill National Historic Site Kitwanga Mountain Provincial Park Kitwanga railway station Kispiox Hazelton Tsimshian Nisga'a References BC Names/GeoBC listing "Kitwanga (community)" External links Google Map photo of Kitwanga Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Populated places in the Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine Skeena Country Gitxsan