The Interior Salish were, in pre-European times, one of the largest Indian groups in British Columbia and inhabited a much larger area than their coastal namesakes. From the apex of a rough triangle at the 54th parallel on the Alberta-British Columbia Border, their territory stretched southward well into the States of Washington and Idaho. Predominantly a hunting people, the Interior Salish had many lakes and inland waterways throughout their territory and consequently were also expert fishermen.
