Home for thousands of years to the Kitsumkalum and Kitselas people, along with the Tsimshian from the lower Skeena and the Nisga'a from the Nass Valley, who traded with them and married them. Totem poles, and other examples of their art, can be seen in and around Terrace. Today, the forest continues to provide the mainstay of the area, with Terrace being the main hub of Northwestern British Columbia, and the 'Gateway to the North'.