Life in the southernmost inlet of the Pacific Coast Mountains.
K’exwu7lh / Sea going canoe - from St’a7mes to Kwemkwem
The resources of the watershed have been over exploited for many generations…
There is some recovery emerging in the place of economic collapse.
In 2020 snorkel surveys began monitoring the Slhawt’ / Herring population in Átl'ḵa7tsem
Since then the team has created baseline data for monitoring the marine ecosystem.
The Sea to Sky is the threshold between Vancouver’s urban sprawl and the Coast Mountains.
Kieran’s work exists in this meeting place, showcasing the relationship between people and place.
When the herring come back so do those stories, those songs and language, so does that culture.
—Charlene Williams, Yékw'apsem Village
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