Location

2424 Kispiox Valley Rd.
Hazelton, BC
V0J 1Y5

Because most of the Kispiox Valley is out of cell-range, we recommend that you copy and paste or take a screen shot of the below directions to save for your travel…

Directions

  • The lodge is about a 30 minute drive north of New Hazelton.
    Seal-coat road.

  • Turn off of highway 16 at the Hazelton Visitor Info Centre (large log building with three statues along side). This road will cross the magnificent Hagwilget suspension bridge heading towards Old Hazelton.

  • Before reaching Old Hazelton, turn right at the Petro-Can gas station onto the Kispiox Valley road.

  • Follow this seal-coat road for about 25 kilometres, crossing a metal bridge, and further on, a wooden bridge leading into the village of Anspayaxw (Kispiox).

  • About 12 kilometres past Anspayaxw you’ll see the Lodge on the right: four cabins and a main building.

  • If you see the Kispiox Valley Community grounds on your left (wide open space looking down on a rodeo arena and large hall) you’ve gone too far but you’re so close! Just backtrack until you see the lodge!

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The Kispiox Valley/Hazelton Area

Hannah and Simon are honoured to be able to run this lodge, provide for their community, and accommodate travelling guests on Wilp Ma uus Laxyip within the Gitxsan Nation. “Laxyip” translates to territory and “Wilp Ma uus” is the house of Ma uus, the local house group whose land the lodge resides on.
The lodge faces the road, across from which runs the Kispiox River. Just half a km further up the seal-coat road is the dog-friendly Kispiox Valley Community Grounds where the rodeo and music festival takes place. About 10 minutes south is Anspayaxw (a Gitxsan community), about 15 minutes south is Sik-E-Dakh (a small Gitxsan community) and about another 20 minutes south is ‘the Hazeltons’ area.
Both Anspayaxw and Sik-E-Dakh each hold a collection of historic Gitxsan totem poles able to be viewed by the public. In town you can also find Ksan, a Gitxsan tourist centre and campground located at the junction of the Skeena River and Wedzinkwa (aka Bulkley River) containing more totem poles, long houses, a museum, and guided tours.
Not far from Ksan is Old Hazelton, a historic settlement founded during the gold rush of the mid-late 1800s. If you’re interested in local history, spending some time amongst these communities will reveal the rich and vast history of the area, including the famous sternwheelers which were key to founding of Hazelton, the role that salmon plays in the Gitxsan culture, the significant close relations between the Gitxsan nation and Hazelton settlers and, above all else, the importance of our rivers for all people living in the region.

Welcome to the Hazeltons area!