Ksan Historical Village
Ksan Historical Village
Ksan Historical Village
4.2
12:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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12:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
12:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
12:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
12:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
12:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
12:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
12:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Vickers55
Cambridge, UK1,085 contributions
Jun 2022 • Couples
Nice collection of totem ones an traditional houses. Reconstructed bit still impressive. Museum small and with some interesting artefacts. Workbench s visit and get to drive over suspension bridge and see river as well. Good gift shop on site
Written June 21, 2022
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PicMorDaisies
Edmonton, Canada861 contributions
Aug 2023 • Friends
This place is worth a visit. Very nice totem poles and long houses. There is a little gift shop and it's very pleasant to walk around the area. We weren't able to take one of the tours of the long house but I'm sure it would be worthwhile if you have the time.
Written August 9, 2023
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mickey448
Prince George, Canada215 contributions
Aug 2024 • Family
It's been many years since we'd last visited K'san. It's still a great place. Old Hazelton is a great setting for K'san. Lots of history. Well worth the visit. The tour guide was great
Written August 4, 2024
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Slim S
Lacombe, Canada112 contributions
May 2023 • Couples
This is an Outstanding Museum - not to be missed. It is composed of a number of long houses and put together by the local tribe over a number of decades. The long houses are built and decorated in the long standing tradition of the culture. The insides are fashioned just as they would have been hundreds of years ago. You have to take the tour to see inside the buildings and they will not take a tour around until there are at least 5 people, but we did not have to wait long until we had a group of 8. The tour guide gives a very good presentation in each long house about what it was for, tribal structure of families and chiefs and then explains the displays around the long house. She very willing to answer questions and provide clarifications. I thoroughly enjoyed our visit here.
Written May 31, 2023
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Ken S
3 contributions
Aug 2022 • Couples
So sad to find Ksan totally out of the tourism picture these days. Mandatory guided tours every 2 hrs of 3 remaining reconstructed long houses (of 6-7 total). When we arrived 15 mins late, told to come back in 2 hrs!! Gift shop meandering not interesting at all. Dancers on Wed nights were nice but collection of donations was poorly done, calling out amounts of each donator - why ? Then stopped show to count up the total. Ouch !
Ksan campsite incl host manager was excellent as was nearby totem rich villages visited by Emily Cart. Old Hazelton esp the library museum was also tops.
We visited all the Carr sites incl the spectacular museum at Laxgalts'ap where the free guide was wonderful. The 2000 deaths around 1780 in the Nisga'a river valley due to lava spewing from a volcanic cone only 35 or so meters high was totally surprising to learn. A nearby campsite and guided tour was excellent.
Lots to see and learn but give Ksan a miss.
Ksan campsite incl host manager was excellent as was nearby totem rich villages visited by Emily Cart. Old Hazelton esp the library museum was also tops.
We visited all the Carr sites incl the spectacular museum at Laxgalts'ap where the free guide was wonderful. The 2000 deaths around 1780 in the Nisga'a river valley due to lava spewing from a volcanic cone only 35 or so meters high was totally surprising to learn. A nearby campsite and guided tour was excellent.
Lots to see and learn but give Ksan a miss.
Written August 20, 2022
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Harriet B
Eugene, OR18 contributions
Aug 2022 • Couples
We went with great anticipation to get a tour which was scheduled by them at 1:00 (11, 1, and 3 for the day). Got there early at 12:30 and were told they don’t give tours for less than four people and they only wait five minutes past the tour time. At 1:10 no more people, no tour. Walked to the parking lot and ran into two more people and at 1:17 we four asked for a tour. They said it was too late and they wouldn’t sell us a tour. Saw at least three people in the area behind the desk with other excuses too. Ridiculous so we all left very disappointed after traveling a long way. Next scheduled was 3:00 and they claimed they didn’t want to interfere with that tour, but this place is very small and not that much here on the grounds without a tour. Hope they are more interested in having their scheduled tours if you go out of your way to come.
Written August 23, 2022
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kootenaylass
Canadian Rockies, Canada304 contributions
May 2014 • Couples
I loved it here.We were the only visitors and had the entire site to ourselves. I had always thought of 1st nation people as always being travellers in some way. This dispelled that myth for me . The Ksan village here was a permanent site in a lovely part of the countryside and the Ksan were traders in salmon, furs and silver trading with other 1st nation people and due to the remoteness of the site, were bypassed by the early white settlers so they were not discovered until much later and hence why so much of their history and tradition has been captured . the lodges were substantial and impressive as was the art . Glad we stopped - well worth the entrance fee
Written June 7, 2014
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Yamma
Alberta17 contributions
Aug 2014 • Couples
We stayed in our RV unit at the campground associated with this attraction for 3 days. The museum and tour are very much worth the fee. Our guide was amazing. There are so many interesting things to see and learn about Gitxan culture. The location is stunning as well and the side trip from the highway is worth it. There is also a small old town there that is interesting and some great walking tours.
Written August 28, 2014
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Don T
Kirkland, WA287 contributions
Oct 2010 • Couples
The tour of the village was very informative if a bit automated. The crafts store had very high quality works of art as well as more commerical items for sale. One building housed a group of First Nations carvers developing masks and their workmanship provided the opportunity to see real artists at work.
While you had ot travel off the highway some distance it was well worth it for the opportunity to see how another civilization treats communal life.
While you had ot travel off the highway some distance it was well worth it for the opportunity to see how another civilization treats communal life.
Written September 15, 2011
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Shiroh
South Central Orange County, CA337 contributions
The village and museum are run by the Gitxsan people to inform visitors about their culture and heritage. The replicated village shows typical features that would have been found in the past, including houses, a smoke house, a fish cache and totem poles. There are six houses (including the House of Carving, Silkscreen Studio, Eagle House, Treasure House, Feast House, and House of the Distant Past) and a museum. Tours are available (adults are $10 and students & seniors are $8.50 plus tax). The museum also has a gift shop.
Although not as famous as the Haida or Tsimshin Nations, the Gitxsan Nation shows us a number of aspects of their culture from pre-European contact until now. They share some common cultural features with their neighboring nations, so, although they do cannot show us all cultural facets of every Northwest Coast nation, they give us a good look at one of them. I know of no other reconstructed village that displays typical architecture, art and other parts of Northwest Coast culture that adults and children can easily see and enjoy.
The museum's gift shop offers books and souvenirs, and I enjoyed bringing home authentic looking prints as well as not-so-authentic coffee mugs, coasters, and other tourist claptrap.
If you drive the Yellowhead Highway (Hwy 16) between Prince Rupert and Prince George, I highly recommend stopping in.
Although not as famous as the Haida or Tsimshin Nations, the Gitxsan Nation shows us a number of aspects of their culture from pre-European contact until now. They share some common cultural features with their neighboring nations, so, although they do cannot show us all cultural facets of every Northwest Coast nation, they give us a good look at one of them. I know of no other reconstructed village that displays typical architecture, art and other parts of Northwest Coast culture that adults and children can easily see and enjoy.
The museum's gift shop offers books and souvenirs, and I enjoyed bringing home authentic looking prints as well as not-so-authentic coffee mugs, coasters, and other tourist claptrap.
If you drive the Yellowhead Highway (Hwy 16) between Prince Rupert and Prince George, I highly recommend stopping in.
Written July 2, 2008
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