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Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre

1188 Main St, Smithers, British Columbia, Canada

Formally Recognized: 2025/03/11

1188 Main St, Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre, Exterior, corner view, photographed on March 18, 2024.; Town of Smithers
Corner view, 2024
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Other Name(s)

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Construction Date(s)

1952/01/01 to 1953/01/01

Listed on the Canadian Register: 2025/08/26

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

The Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre is a three storey modern style building located in the heart of downtown Smithers, British Columbia at 1188 Main Street. The historic place includes the building.

Heritage Value

The Dze L Kant Friendship Centre has historic and cultural value because of past uses as a federal government building, including the community's second post office (1954-1998), federal government services, and R.C.M.P station and jail. Since 2003 it has been a major cultural and social community centre on Main Street as the offices of the Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre. The Friendship Centre is an anchoring organization for Indigenous community members.

Character-Defining Elements

The elements that define the character of the Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre include the:

- three storey flat roofed asymmetrical building with elements of modern architectural design
- brick facade corner (Main and Second Avenue)
- symmetrical line of windows on the second and third storeys on Second Avenue side
- large front "verandah" feature on Main Street
- front facing wall of panel windows on main (second) storey facing Main Street
- overhanging roofline on non-brick Main Street section

Recognition

Jurisdiction

British Columbia

Recognition Authority

Local Governments (BC)

Recognition Statute

Local Government Act, s.598

Recognition Type

Community Heritage Register

Recognition Date

2025/03/11

Historical Information

Significant Date(s)

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Theme - Category and Type

Building Social and Community Life
Community Organizations
Developing Economies
Communications and Transportation
Governing Canada
Security and Law
Peopling the Land
Settlement

Function - Category and Type

Current

Historic

Government
Post Office

Architect / Designer

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Builder

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Additional Information

Location of Supporting Documentation

Bulkley Valley Museum

Cross-Reference to Collection

Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier

GeSt-31

Status

Published

Related Places

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