Lheidlit'en

Lheidli is the Dakelh name for the meeting of the Nechako and Fraser rivers. The Lheidli T’enneh, the people of this confluence, lived in a landscape of rivers, forests and salmon runs. The meeting of the waterways also drew fur traders: in 1807 Simon Fraser established a North West Company post here, known as Fort George. Local knowledge and Indigenous networks were essential to the newcomers in the interior.