Cedarvale


CEDARVALE, on the SKEENA R 72 km north of TERRACE, was a non-sectarian Christian village founded in 1888 by Robert TOMLINSON, an ANGLICAN CHURCH missionary. The mission, where FIRST NATIONS converts ran a SAWMILL and farmed, was modelled on METLAKATLA and was called Meanskinisht. The community divided after the death of its founder and the site was virtually abandoned.

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