Luxvbalis

English Etymology From en hei Lúx̌vbálís boulder point. Proper noun Ancient Heiltsuk village of the northern coast of Calvert Island in British Columbia. en Elroy Alden Felix White (Xanius) Heiltsuk Stone Fish Traps: Products of my Ancestor’s Labour Simon Fraser University 2006 19 https://summit.sfu.ca/_flysystem/fedora/sfu_migrate/4240/etd2518.pdf Other Heiltsuk tribal groups existed in ancient times but became extinct after smallpox epidemics literally killed entire villages. The ethnographer Ronald L. Olson (1955) learned of a village on the northeast side of Calvert Island called, Luxvbalis, which was wiped out from one such infection. en Medha Ancient settlement may have been uncovered Times Colonist 2011-08-09 https://www.pressreader.com/canada/times-colonist/20110809/282471410540663?srsltid=AfmBOoqcfp-9xPXM9IvfHWTANlvCsudokd5ZQ1TOPzk0whZxMCvWUz9Y Oral traditions of the Heiltsuk people tell of the ancient village of Luxvbalis abandoned after a small pox epidemic in the late 1800s and lost because so few were left to tell the tale.The village may just have been discovered on a site on Calvert Island, in Hakai Luxvbalis Conservancy, located off British Columbia’s central coast and its history could date back to as much as 10,000 years. en Joint Review Panel for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Heiltsuk First Nation - Oral presentations, Mr. William Housty Hearing Order OH-4-2011, Northern Gateway Pipelines Inc. Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Application of 27 May 2010 38 - revised 2012-04-04 https://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/documents/p21799/85674E.pdf Another example is a place on Calvert Island called Luxvbalis which refers to the consistent rolling of the waves as they come off of the ocean and roll into the inlet. And this is the village that my people have inhabited for many generations. en Marc Montgomery Archaeologist digs up long lost village – Indigenous, the Other Story Radio Canada International 2013-08-15 https://www.rcinet.ca/autochtones-en/2011/08/15/english-archaeologist-digs-up-long-lost-village/ Find out about prehistoric Canada from an archaeologist who’s discovered remnants of what could be a 10-thousand-year-old village in the Pacific coast province of British Columbia. Farid Rahemtulla is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Northern British Columbia who thinks he’s found the site of the long lost village of Luxvbalis on Calvert Island about 100 kilometres north of Vancouver.