ABOUT KWADACHA FIRST NATION
Kwadacha is home to the Kwadacha First Nation and is located approximately 570 km north of Prince George in British Columbia. The village lies at the confluence of the Fox, the Kwadacha, and Finlay rivers in the Rocky Mountain Trench and has a population of approximately 270.
Kwadacha is accessed by plane from Prince George or by logging road. It takes approximately 8-10 hours to drive from Kwadacha to Prince George depending upon weather and road conditions.
CHIEF: Donny Van Somer COUNCILLORS: John R. McCook; Diane McCook; Darryl McCook
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COMMUNITY NEWS
- Chief Donny Van Somer -
Kwadacha Chief and Council are happy to report that the construction of the Kwadacha RCMP station has been completed. The grand opening of the new station is planned for sometime in June. Negotiations are currently underway with the Province, Canada and the Aboriginal Policing Directorate for the resources to get the station manned, with a meeting planned for later in May to further these negotiations.
This year has seen five new teachers graduate from the Kwadacha community. Congratuations to Faye Seymour, Cathy Seymour, Angela Hocken, Vickie Abou and James Nightingale who have all graduated from the Simon Fraser University home teaching program. As well as five new teachers, Kwadacha will have three more graduates from the Aatse Davie School this year.
The Kwadacha Cultural Camp will be starting again in June. Operating out of Spinnel Lake, this year it will be an all women's camp. All those interested should contact Rob Derkson at the Aatse Davie School: 250-471-2002.
- John R. McCook -
In the last 3 or 4 months we had two new houses built and moved into by our members.
The Police Detachment is being built and should be completed in a couple of months.
BC Hydro is taking over the generating system in the community and will be upgrading the distribution lines and the house connections, which will be completed by March 31st, 2011.
Last year and this year we had some members trained in Environmental Assessment and Archeology through our Hydro initiative funding partnership program.
In the beginning of November, Chief and Council met with INAC to upgrade our five year Infrastructure Plan.
We also signed an agreement with Hydro for Phase III of Site C consultation and possible opportunities in the coming project if it gets approved by other First Nations.
So, we have been quite busy and will continue with our duties for our members.
In closing, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a better New Year ahead.
Thank you,
John R McCook