Es-deh-lah | ?Esdilagh First Nation
Community Profile
- The Esdilagh First Nation is a First Nations band government located in central British Columbia, Canada, representing the Carrier people of the West Chilcotin region.
- Last Updated 2025-05-01 15:47:52 UTC
- Name: ?Esdilagh First Nation (ISC Code: 709)
- Former Names: Alexandria Indian Band
- Band Style: First Nations band government
- Cultural Area: Interior British Columbia
- Indigenous Language: Carrier (Dakelh)
- Number of Registered Members: 285
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 12/08/2028
- CHIEF: TROY ALLEN BAPTISTE
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:7
- TROY ALLEN BAPTISTE
- TROY BAPTISTE
- EMERY PAUL
- WILLIAM BAPTISTE
- JEFFERY TWAN MAGWOOD
- WILLIAM JAMES BAPTISTE
- HOWARD JOHNNY
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.esdilagh.com/
- PHONE NUMBER: (250) 991-6000
- FAX NUMBER: (250) 747-3920
- ADDRESS: 4 - 9001 WEST FRASER RD, QUESNEL, BC
- EMAILS:
- Chief TROY ALLEN BAPTISTE:
- Chief TROY BAPTISTE:
- Councillor EMERY PAUL:
- Councillor WILLIAM BAPTISTE:
- Councillor JEFFERY TWAN MAGWOOD:
- Councillor WILLIAM JAMES BAPTISTE:
- Councillor HOWARD JOHNNY:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2010 - ?Esdilagh First Nation20102011.pdf
- 2009 - ?Esdilagh First Nation20092010.pdf
- 2008 - ?Esdilagh First Nation20082009.pdf
- 2007 - ?Esdilagh First Nation20072008.pdf
- 2006 - ?Esdilagh First Nation20062007.pdf
- 2005 - ?Esdilagh First Nation20052006.pdf
- 2004 - ?Esdilagh First Nation20042005.pdf
- 2003 - ?Esdilagh First Nation20032004.pdf
- 2002 - ?Esdilagh First Nation20022003.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 8158
HAY RANCH 2
24.3 Hectares
CARIBOO DISTRICT, 4 MILES EAST OF FRASER RIVER, 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA
[52.5571604, -122.3767913] -
ISC Code: 8162
WEBSTER CREEK 5
48.5 Hectares
CARIBOO DISTRICT, LOT 10151, 9 MILES WEST OF THE FRASER RIVER, 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA
[52.4845772, -122.6489962] -
ISC Code: 8164
BIG JOE'S MEADOW 7
16.2 Hectares
CARIBOO DIST. LOT 10153, 2 MILES NORTH OF TWAN LAKE, 10 MILES WEST OF FRASER RIVER
[52.43147459999999, -122.6204285] -
ISC Code: 8165
FREDDIE'S MEADOW 8
32.4 Hectares
CARIBOO DISTRICT, LOTS 9566 AND 10152, EAST OF TWAN CREEK 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA
[52.4871192, -122.5997298] -
ISC Code: 8161
MCKAY MEADOW 4
121.5 Hectares
CARIBO DISTRICT LOT 10149, WEST OF TWAN CREEK 11 MILES S.W. OF ALEXANDRIA ON THE FRASER RIVER
[52.50230999999999, -122.6158016] -
ISC Code: 8163
NECAUSLEY CREEK 6
3.7 Hectares
CARIBOO DISTRICT LOT 10150 WEST OF TWAN CREEK 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA
[52.4845421, -122.6334246] -
ISC Code: 8167
ALEXANDRIA 10
4.0 Hectares
CARIBOO DISTRICT LOT 10147 ON NARCOSLI CREEK 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUTH OF THE FRASER RIVER
[52.73887999999999, -122.524738] -
ISC Code: 8169
ALEXANDRIA 12
64.8 Hectares
CARIBOO DISTRICT LOT 9484 ON CUSSION CREEK, 5 MILES EAST OF FRASER RIVER AND MARGUERITE P.G.E. STN.
[52.5137671, -122.3212095] -
ISC Code: 8271
ALEXANDRIA 1A
110.2 Hectares
LOT 12726 & PTN OF LOT 10144 CARIBOO DISTRICT
[52.5588797, -122.4490881] -
ISC Code: 8157
ALEXANDRIA 1
117.3 Hectares
CARIBOO DISTRICT ON LEFT BANK OF THE FRASER RIVER 5 MILES SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA
[52.5575902, -122.4703052] -
ISC Code: 8168
ALEXANDRIA 11
32.4 Hectares
CARIBOO DISTRICT LOT 10145 ON NARCOSLI CREEK, 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUTH OF THE FRASER RIVER
[52.8219766, -122.4601595] -
ISC Code: 8160
ALEXANDRIA 3A
145.7 Hectares
CARIBOO DISTRICT LOT 10148 ON RIGHT BANK OF THE FRASER RIVER 5 MILES SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA
[52.5689255, -122.5014444] -
ISC Code: 8159
ALEXANDRIA 3
586.7 Hectares
CARIBOO DISTRICT ON THE RIGHT BANK OF THE FRASER RIVER 4 MILES SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA
[52.5774249, -122.4883716] -
ISC Code: 8166
LORIN MEADOW 9
40.5 Hectares
CARIBOO DISTRICT LOT 10146 1 MILE EAST OF MARCOSLI CREEK 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA
[52.6624347, -122.5886307]
- Encompasses regions of West Chilcotin in central British Columbia
- Traditional lands include areas around Quesnel and Fraser River watershed
- Historically used lands for hunting, fishing, and gathering
- Key geographical areas include forests, rivers, and interior plateau regions
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- New First Nations law intended to protect Fraser River sparks dispute over territory
- B.C. Indigenous leaders call for closure of all Fraser River sockeye fisheries
- Adding a First Nations voice: Chad Stump running for Quesnel city council
- Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin)
- Tsilhqot'in land ruling was a game changer for B.C.
- B.C. First Nations ban moose hunt after wildfires destroy habitats
- ?Esdilagh First Nation near Quesnel receives $410K to plan an abattoir
- ‘Dilution not the solution’ says ?Esdilagh, Nadleh Whut’en First Nations
- B.C. First Nation declares local ban on moose hunt
- B.C. First Nation adopts historic law to protect Fraser River
- First Nation leaders demand an end to racism in Quesnel
- First Nation Chiefs demand an end to racism in Quesnel
- First Nations community supports charges in Cariboo region cow moose poaching case
- Connecting to the more-than-human world through Canadian and Indigenous laws
- First Nations honour victims from Kamloops residential school in Quesnel
- Higher-volume woodland licence allocated to First Nations in new Quesnel timber sharing agreement
- Tŝilhqot’in Nation voices Indigenous law at B.C. appeal hearing
- ?Esdilagh First Nation hosts crib tourney
- ?Esdilagh First Nation celebrates heavy machinery grads
- Forestry plan in B.C. allows for ‘valuable input’ says First Nation chief
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Parks as Persons: Legal Innovation or Colonial Appropriation?
- A Real Game Changer: An Analysis of the Supreme Court of Canada
- An environmental scan of mental health services for indigenous youth in Canada
- RETIRED: Health Professionals Working With First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Consensus Guideline
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- Transdisciplinary Science for Strengthening Forest Systems in British Columbia: Quesnel as a Learning Landscape
- Resistance: Traditional Knowledge and Environmental Assessment among the Esketemc Canadian First Nation Community.
- Transdisciplinary science for strengthening forest systems in British Columbia: Quesnel as a learning landscape
- “What do we want and how do we get there”-A comparative review of First Nations Comprehensive Community Plans in British Columbia
- First Nations, rednecks, and radicals: Re-thinking the 'sides' of resource conflict in rural British Columbia
- Resistance: Traditional Knowledge and Environmental Assessment among the Esketemc Canadian First Nation Community.
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- “What do we want and how do we get there”-A comparative review of First Nations Comprehensive Community Plans in British Columbia
- The importance of land and water to the culture of the Xeni Gwet'in First Nation: an analysis of statements presented at environmental impact assessment hearings
- Crown--First Nations relationships: a comparative analysis of the Tsawwassen Final Agreement and Tsilhqot'in v. British Columbia.
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
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