Tsimishia

Tsimishia encompassed Tsimshian communities on the lower Skeena River and the coast of what is now British Columbia. They spent winters around Prince Rupert Harbour and Metlakatla, returning to the Skeena for the salmon season.

In 1834 the Hudson's Bay Company established Fort Simpson at Lax Kw'alaams on Gispaxlo'ots territory. Chiefs of nine Tsimshian tribes gathered nearby to trade, and the fort's first factor married a daughter of the Gispaxlo'ots chief Ligeex.