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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Xwayzway Village Alternative Name: Whoi-WhoiCountry: Canada
NOTE: This site is 1.044 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Vancouver Nearest Village: North Vancouver
Latitude: 49.302600N Longitude: 123.1305W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Canada
The Ancient Village was located at where Stanley Park's Lumberman's Arch is now located. There is now a huge display of Totem Poles that are now erected. I figure that the Totem Poles where placed where they are in order to commemorate the existence of this Ancient Native Village.
X̱wáýx̱way is estimated to have been inhabited for more than 3000 years. It was one of many villages on the shores of Burrard Inlet around present-day Vancouver. The abundant resources in these lands were used by Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-waututh peoples. X̱wáýx̱way was one of the prominent villages in the area, hosting many houses; each was occupied by a large extended family.
By the late 1800s, X̱wáýx̱way was the Largest Settlement in what is now Stanley Park. In the Village, a Big House or Longhouse measured at 60 meters long and near 20 meters wide. The Structure was built with Large Cedar Posts and Slabs. 11 families lived in the House, numbering around 100 people. A Large Potlatch, a Ceremonial Event conducted by Wealthy Families, was held at this House in 1875. This Event is also mentioned in the City Council Meeting Minutes, where the Medical Health Officer recommended the Destruction of the Buildings because of a Smallpox Outbreak.
With Colonial British Expansion from the East following the opening of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1886, Vancouver started to Boom in Population. What is now Stanley Park was made a Military Reservation in 1859. The Native Inhabitants of Vancouver, including those living in X̱wáýx̱way and nearby Senakw, were seen as an impediment to development, and were removed to Reserves. This process was facilitated by the passage of the Indian Act in 1876. In the 1880s, Surveyors and Road Builders demolished X̱wáýx̱way to create the Park Drive Perimeter Road.
They did some Archaeological Digs there and had actually found some Skeletal Remains verifying the existence of this Ancient Village.
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