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The tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object.
What is point?
A mythical half-human sea creature with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail of a fish.
What is a mermaid?
The part of the land near the sea; the edge of the land.
What is coast?
What is a trading post?
The Nuu-chah-nulth are the peoples of the west coast of this island.
What is Vancouver Island?
A male child or adolescent.
What is boy?
The action of helping or doing work for someone.
What is service?
To anticipate with great apprehension or fear.
What is dread?
The English and then the French traded for beaver skins to make these.
What is a beaver hat?
Chief Maquinna helped other First Nations trade European goods such as rice, buttons, axes and knives for this.
A bird or mammal, or an imitation of one, used by hunters to attract other birds or mammals.
What is decoy?
Easily agitated or alarmed; tending to be anxious; highly strung.
What is nervous?
A large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used on a bed to cover the mattress and as a layer beneath blankets.
What are sheets?
Trading posts in BC's interior had to be located next to this.
What is a river?
A discussion about a trade or other agreement.
What is a negotiation?
A syrupy liquid derived from petroleum, especially for use as a fuel or lubricant.
What is oil?
Covered or marked with an unclean substance.
What is dirty?
A place or a thing that is arranged in an orderly, tidy way.
What is neat?
Originally established as a trading post in 1794, it is the oldest European-established settlement in present-day British Columbia, making it approximately 231 years old as of April 10, 2025
What is Fort St. John?
The British traveled to this location in hopes of trading with the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations people who lived there.
What is Nootka Sound?
To raise (something) using ropes and pulleys.
What is hoist?
A small basin filled with water, typically found in a garden. It promotes avian hygiene.
What is a birdbath?
To look at and comprehend the meaning of text.
What is read?
The NW Trading Company and the Hudson's Bay company helped bring these to Canada.
What are settlers?
In the 1700s, the Russians made First Contact with these First Nations people in what is now called Alaska.
Who are the Aleut and/or Tlingit peoples?