Bella Coola

Bella Coola may refer to several things, all closely related to a geographic area within British Columbia's Central Coast:

• The Nuxalk, an indigenous people of the area who in the past had been referred to as the Bella Coola
• The Nuxalk language spoken by Nuxalk peoples
• Bella Coola, British Columbia, a community of approximately 600 at the western extremity of the Bella Coola Valley. Bella Coola may also refer to the entire valley, encompassing the settlements of Bella Coola, Four Mile, Lower Bella Coola, Hagensborg, Saloompt, Nusatsum, Firvale and Stuie, and include nearby marine-access settlements such as Tallheo. When referring to this area of geography without a definite article (geographically, "The Bella Coola" would normally imply the river), the entire valley is usually encompassed by the term. When there is a need to specify the community at the mouth of the river, a specifier is usually used, such as "Bella Coola proper", "downtown Bella Coola" or "the Bella Coola townsite".
• Bella Coola River, formed by the confluence of the Talchako and Atnarko rivers, and flowing westward to its estuary as it enters the Pacific Ocean, spilling into the North Bentinck Arm of Burke Channel