Nak'albun

Nak’albun, or Stuart Lake, takes its Dakelh name from Mount Pope, which rises above its waters. The lake drains through the Stuart River towards the Nechako and the Fraser. Dakelh communities gathered along its shores to fish, hunt and prepare food, and trails linked them with villages on Fraser Lake. In 1806 Simon Fraser established the North West Company’s Stuart Lake post, beginning a new chapter in the local fur trade.