Kwadacha

Kwadacha is the name of a river that flows west from the glaciers of the northern Rockies to join the Finlay. Its name means “white water,” recalling the pale sediment carried from the ice. The surrounding valleys belong to the homeland of Sekani and Kaska peoples, whose families travelled widely to hunt and fish. In 1824 Samuel Black ascended the Finlay with Indigenous guides while seeking routes for the fur trade.