Bella Bella, British Columbia
- Bella Bella, British Columbia
Bella Bella is an unincorporated community and First Nations reserve on the Central Coast British Columbia, Canada, on the west coast of Campbell Island.
With a population of 1,400, Bella Bella is the largest community to be found on the Central Coast north of Queen Charlotte Strait. It is home to the Heiltsuk First Nation.
Like many small communities on the coast, such as nearby Ocean Falls, Bella Bella has had a precarious and isolated existence. The closing of coastal cannery towns and decreased need for coastal shipping reduced the importance of Bella Bella's port.
However, the resumption of ferry services by BC Ferries and the introduction of an air link from Vancouver via Port Hardy by Pacific Coastal Airlines have revived Bella Bella. There are scheduled flights from Bella Bella Airport (ZEL) onward to Klemtu and Ocean Falls.
Services in Bella Bella include a large general store, Alexa's restaurant, an RCMP police station, the Bella Bella Medical Clinic, staffed by 3 physicians and a Nurse Practitioner, and R.W. Large Memorial Hospital and its pharmacy. The CIBC bank branch closed in 2007.
The village of Bella Bella was previously known as Waglisla to the Canadian Postal Service; the postal address changed to Bella Bella (V0T 1Z0) in October 2007.
Geology
The 13 million year old mafic dike swarms in the Bella Bella area were formed by the Anahim hotspot when this part of North America was directly overhead. The dikes are believed to mark the first arrival of the hotspot, although it is now located in central British Columbia at Nazko Cone.
External links
*http://www.britishcolumbia.com/regions/towns/index.asp?townID=3531
* [http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/MidCoast/BellaBella/index.html A travelogue from a visit to Bella Bella]
* [http://www.nfb.ca/enclasse/doclens/visau/index.php?film=&_onfplr_sel=full&mode=view&language=english&formats=default&speeds=default&use_cc=no&use_dv=no A 1975 documentary about Bella Bella from the Aborginial Perspectives section at the National Film Board of Canada website]
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