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{{Short description|Geographic region in British Columbia, Canada}}
The '''Chilcotin''' ({{IPAc-en|tʃ|ɪ|l|ˈ|k|oʊ|t|ᵻ|n}})<ref>{{Citation| author = [[The Canadian Press]]| title = The Canadian Press Stylebook| place = Toronto| publisher = [[The Canadian Press]]| edition = 18th| year = 2017}}</ref> region of [[British Columbia]] is usually known simply as "'''the Chilcotin'''", and also in speech commonly as "'''the Chilcotin Country'''" or simply '''Chilcotin'''. It is a plateau and mountain region in [[British Columbia]] on the inland lee of the [[Coast Mountains]] on the west side of the [[Fraser River]]. Chilcotin is also the name of the river draining that region. In the [[Chilcotin language|language of the Chilcotin people]] their name and the name of the river means "people of the red ochre river" (its tributary the [[Chilko River]] means "red ochre river")▼
{{Infobox ethnonym|root=[[Chilko River|Tŝilhqóx]] / Nen<br/><small>"Ochre River"/"Land"</small>|person= |people= Nenqayni<ref name=thesis>{{cite thesis |last=Pallarés |first=Paula Laita |date=2021 |title=Indigenous Language Revitalization in British Columbia: Yuneŝit’in strategies for Nenqayni ch’ih or the Tŝilhqot’in language |url=https://addi.ehu.es/bitstream/handle/10810/53719/TESIS_LAITA_PALLARES_PAULA.pdf?sequence=1 |degree=PhD |chapter= |publisher=[[University of the Basque Country]] UPV/EHU |docket= |oclc= |access-date=29 Oct 2023}}</ref> ([[Tsilhqotʼin|Tŝilhqotʼin]]) |language= Nenqayni Ch'ih ([[Tsilhqotʼin language|Tŝilhqotʼin Chʼih]])|country= [[Chilcotin Country|Tŝilhqotʼin Nen]]}}
▲The '''Chilcotin''' ({{IPAc-en|tʃ|ɪ|l|ˈ|k|oʊ|t|ᵻ|n}})<ref>{{Citation| author = [[The Canadian Press]]| title = The Canadian Press Stylebook| place = Toronto| publisher = [[The Canadian Press]]| edition = 18th| year = 2017}}</ref> region of [[British Columbia]] is usually known simply as "'''the Chilcotin'''", and also in speech commonly as "'''the Chilcotin Country'''" or simply '''Chilcotin'''. It is a plateau and mountain region in [[British Columbia]] on the inland lee of the [[Coast Mountains]] on the west side of the [[Fraser River]]. Chilcotin is also the name of the river draining that region. In the [[Chilcotin language|language of the
The Chilcotin district is often viewed as an extension of the [[Cariboo]] region, east of that river, although it has a distinct identity from the Cariboo District. It is, nonetheless, part of the [[Cariboo Regional District]] which is a municipal-level body governing some aspects of infrastructure and land-used planning. The vast majority of the population are [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] people, members of the [[Tsilhqot'in]] and [[Dakelh]] peoples, while others are settlers and ranchers.
==Geography==
The Chilcotin district is mostly a wide, high plateau, stretching from the mountains to the [[Fraser River]], but also includes several fjord-like lakes which verge from the plateau into the base of the mountains. The largest of the lakes in the region is [[Chilko Lake]], which feeds the [[Chilko River]], the main tributary of the [[Chilcotin River]]. Other major lakes are Tatlayoko Lake ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|æ|t|l|ə|k|oʊ}} {{Respell|TAT|lə-koh}}) and Taseko Lake ({{IPAc-en|t|ə|ˈ|s|iː|k|oʊ}} {{Respell|tə|SEE|koh}}); the area of the lakes, in the southern part of the district, is now the [[
The forested plateau area just northeast of the park, between the Chilko River and [[Taseko River]]s, is known as the Brittany Triangle and is currently under hot dispute between preservationists and logging interests. East of the
==Literary contributions==
Despite its small population and isolation, the region has produced a small but very readable literature mixing naturalism with native and settler cultures and memoirs. The most well-known Chilcotin authors are [[Leland Stowe]] and [[Paul St. Pierre]]; the latter was formerly [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Coast Chilcotin]] and a noted [[Vancouver]] journalist. St. Pierre's writing encapsulated Chilcotin folklore and daily life and are written in a crisp, ironic and often humorous style; the best-known is ''Smith and Other Events'' and ''Cariboo Cowboy'', while Stowe's writings focus on the wildlife of the area on the western rim of the district, adjacent to [[Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park]]. His ''Crusoe of Lonesome Lake'' is about early settler [[Ralph Edwards (homesteader)|Ralph Edwards]] and his work protecting the [[trumpeter swan]]s which migrate through the region; Edwards' own volume ''Ralph Edwards of Lonesome Lake'' parallels Stowe's account, and the book ''Ruffles On My Longjohns'' by his sister-in-law Isabel Edwards documents her tribulations as the wilderness wife of a wildlife advocate.
Another notable book from more recent times are ''Chiwid'' by Sage Birchwater of Tatlayoko Lake, documenting eyewitness reminiscences of a [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] eccentric-cum-spirit person, Lilly Skinner, and ''Nemaia: the Unconquered Country'' by [[Terry Glavin]], which recounts the story of the [[Chilcotin War]] of 1864 and the flavour of the Nemaia Valley today (the Nemaia is the main residence of the Xeni Gwetin, who were the main instigators of the war).
Edwards's cabin, and the trumpeter habitat, are world heritage sites although his cabin was burned out in large forest fires in the summer of 2004.
Another Chilcotin author is Ted "Chilco" Choate, a hunting guide at Gaspard Lake in the southeastern part of the district who writes about animals, hunters and the wilderness lifestyle. Choate is one of the main advocates for combining the Tweedsmuir,
==Wild horses==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[https://www.google.co.th/search?q=%22Chilcotin+Country%22+-wikipedia&oq=%22Chilcotin+Country%22+-wikipedia&aqs=chrome..69i57.5271j0j9&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#q=%22Chilcotin+Country%22+-wikipedia&tbm=bks "Chilcotin country" usages in Google Books]
==External links==
{{Subdivisions of British Columbia|regions=yes}}
[[Category:Chilcotin Country| ]]
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