Oolichan is a smelt like fish in the Nass Valley region of British Columbia, Canada that the Aboriginals traditionally catch, eat, and extract a unique grease from that is comparable to olive oil although there are differences.
1.The Narcisse Snake Dens in Manitoba have more snakes in a concentrated area than anywhere else in the world. Tens of thousands of red-sided garter snakes gather there every year2. Forget the Loch Ness Monster: Canada has its own mysterious lake creature, Ogopogo, who reportedly lives in Lake Okanagan, British Columbia.3.British Columbian pioneers made use of the oolichan, also called candlefish, at nighttime. The small fish is so fatty that it can be dried, strung on a wick and burned like a candle!
in the pacicfic northwest they had to find ways to live in the bitterly cold arctic they kept warm by buliding pit houses made of stone and covered with earth and when they went hunting the men built igoloos temperory shelters of snow blocks