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BUSINESS
There
is a good array of retail services available in the Kispiox/Hazelton
area.
Kispiox
Village Businesses
Kispiox
galleries included:
- The
Hiding Place: owned and operated by world renowned Gitxsan
Master Carver Walter Harris. Built in 1985. Silkscreen prints.
Hand carved jewelery by order only. For more info, call (250) 842-5507.
Open Monday to Friday.
- Kispiox
Gas Bar: Built in 1996 and 100% Gitxsan owned and operated.
Full service gas and diesel. Grocery store and BC Lottery sales.
Interact, Visa and Mastercard welcome. Open daily 7:30 am to 11:00
pm Call (250) 842-6056.
- Smokey & Maelee's
Video Store: Owned and operated by Priscilla and Darrell Morrison.
Opened in 1998. Video rental $2.50 per video; $1.00 overdue fee.
Pop, chips, popcorn. Call (250) 842-5671
- Kispiox
Cultural/Information Centre: Owned and operated by the Kispiox
Band Council. Opened in 2000. Information, rafting trip bookings,
canoe rentals. Local arts and crafts for sale. For more information
on Kispiox Village tours and trips call (250) 842-7057 or call
the Kispiox Band Office toll free at 1-877-842-5911 (Canada & USA).
- Anspayaxw
Development Ltd.: A legally owned incorporated entity of Kispiox
Band Council. Bid made on government contracts, logging, tree planting,
matting & fertilizing, brushing and weeding and GPS survey/mapping.
For information call toll free 1-877-842-5911 (Canada & USA).
Accommodation
in the Kispiox Valley
The
Kispiox Valley is speckled with artisans and several fine potters
who open their home-based galleries to the public. Accommodations
in the Kispiox Valley are varied. There are a number of bed & breakfasts,
campgrounds (including Forest Service campsites), cabins,and lodges,
as listed below. There are also accommodations in nearby Hazelton.
- Sportsman's
Kispiox Lodge: Housekeeping
cottages with indoor plumbing, licensed dining room and lounge.
Rooms inside lodge available. Steelhead, salmon and trout fishing
area. Weekly rates available. Phone (250) 842-6455
- Kispiox
Steelhead Camp: Cabins,
Campgrounds: Furnished housekeeping cabins. Freezing facilities,
fishing tackle. Sani-station and shower house. Smokehouse, guides,
salmon, steelhead.
- Kispiox
River Resort & Campground: Cabins,
Campgrounds: On the Kispiox River. Rustic housekeeping cabins.
Bedding & dishes available. Showers. Tenters welcome. Smokehouse,
fishing license sales, guides. Salmon-Steelhead-Trout.
Phone (250) 842-6182.
- Halliday
Campground: Dry
sites, supervised, quiet, firewood
- River's
Edge Campground: Kispiox Valley Road
Call
the Hazelton Info Centre for Hazelton listings: (250) 842-6071
Anspayaxw
Developments
Anspayaxw
Developments Ltd. is a legally incorporated entity of Kispiox Village.
It is used to bid on government contracts. Work has been done in
logging, tree planting, matting & fertilizing, brushing & weeding,
and GPs surveys. Anspayaxw Developments has also served as lead proponent
in Forest Renewal BC funding work such as watershed restoration projects,
rehabilitating fish habitat and road deactivation.
The
band also does contract work on road work, water and sewer installation
and housing construction. Equipment the band owns includes: an excavator,
a backhoe, a grader, a dump truck and several trucks and vans for transporting
employees.
Other
companies of Kispiox include Gitxsan Investments, Golden Eagle
Products (joint venture to establish a Value Added Mill),and Skeena
Eco-Expeditions (for promoting cultural eco-tourism). In addition Kispiox
is in partnership with other Gitxsan communities in the ownership
of Luu’minaks Travel.
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