Can You Speak British Columbian?

Can You Speak British Columbian?

Chinook Wawa is linked with the history of British Columbia. We might even call one form of it British Columbian.

James Cook and his midshipman George Vancouver sojourned at Nootka Sound. Their Nuuchahnulth word lists became a Nootka Jargon that spread through the Maritime Fur Trade.

Supported by Chief Concomly and the Chinook Nation, Fort George became the Canadian depot for Columbia furs. French-speaking traders married into Chinook families and learned a Broken Chinook.

Losing Columbia

Losing Columbia

The loss of the heartland of what was Columbia and then became British Columbia was the defining drama of our history. Yet it is largely ignored in many history books.