Hazleton, British Columbia

We left Telkwa on June 5th and enjoyed the Hazleton area. This is the Hazleton region's Visitor Centre, where several individuals set up stands in the parking lot to sell lunch items and plants. Bill enjoyed a smokie (smoked sausage), Karen had chow mein, and both had traditional fry bread for dessert.


These pictures were taken at a pull-off with information boards about the one-lane Hagwilget Bridge over the Hagwilget Canyon of the Bulkley River.








'Ksan Historical Village is a reconstruction of one of the traditional Gitxsan Indian villages which stood where the Skeena and Bulkley Rivers meet. The Village includes a wonderful museum of artifacts, and guided tours are offered through three longhouses. The totem poles are carved in red cedar.

With Taralynn, our tour guide:












A red squirrel in the yard of the Village:


The following pictures were taken on the nearby nature trail to the Bulkley River. Large trees were cut down here and there (and left to season for making totem poles?), and simple seats with footstools were cut into them.














This is Many-flowered Stickseed (also called Blue Bur), and each flower is only about 1/4" in diameter.




Lupines:




A Red Squirrel with the black stripe above his white belly that the Audobon guide states they develop in summer:


Still trying to decide which type of Tiger Swallowtail this is: