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Beautiful Plumper Bay. Waters between Songhees & Esquimalt first peoples. Songhees First Nation longhouse, across the bay. Prior to colonialism, beaches around the bay & greater Esquimalt harbour areas, were full of shellfish/seafoods & food plants from the sea. Since colonialism, especially with a big military base right beside both first nations, the waters are too polluted & people can't harvest foods safely there.

#Esquimalt #Songhees #VancouverIsland #VictoriaBC #YYJ #PNW #VanIsle #Nature

A scenic view of a calm bay beneath a blue sky dotted with white clouds. The foreground features vibrant yellow wildflowers framing the scene. In the distance, several small islands covered with trees dot the water, creating a serene and picturesque landscape. The shoreline reveals a mix of sand and rocky terrain.

#CanadianGeese family with 6 fluffy #goslings following #MotherGoose 💖

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo3GKUGWEDI

#Nature #Esquimalt #wildlife #Spring #birds #geese #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Songhees #Cuteness #BabyAnimals #TimelineCleanse #adorable #NatureVideos

Beau working with Tyler, from #Esquimalt #FirstNation - crafting the maple branches for day 2 of men's group healing event. These will be used to mount the salmon we will be cooking over the fire this morning.
Beau & I are heading out to meet Tyler soon to build fire, butterfly & mount the salmon & other related preparation work.

It's a gorgeous day in Esquimalt & #Songhees territories. Sunny & warm morning!

#Indigenous #maple #woodcrafting #wood #NativeCulture #BCFirstNations #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #BritishColumbia

Two men crafting wooden poles by an ocean bay. Tools and wood shavings are scattered around the outdoor workspace.

BTS shot from the past #OllieAndEmma #TelusOptik #RomCom #Webseries #FilmProduction that I managed & wore a few different crew hats on. This photo was taken from #Songhees Wellness Center, where some scenes were shot.
2016.

https://ollieandemma.ca/

#YYJ #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #BCFilm #YYJFilm #Filmmaking #FilmProducers #WomenInFilm #VancouverIslandFilm #FlashbackFriday #IndigenousBC #IndigenousInFilm #BehindTheScenes #POCInFilm #AsianMastodon #RepresentationMatters

Medium shot of five people posing in front of a beige brick wall, evenly lit. A man, off-center to the left, is making a comical face. Four women surround him, all smiling broadly. Composition suggests a candid, informal setting. The text "Ollie & Emma BTS - Songhees" is superimposed on the bottom center of the image, providing context.

#bullkelp afloat by a rocky beach.

#Lekwungen #Songhees #CoastSalish #SalishSea #tidal #marine #nature #CoastalBC #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #landscape #photography #kelp #barnacles #seaweed #seashore #PacificOcean

Wide shot of a tidal scene. Foregrounds features barnacle & seaweed-covered rocks. Shallow water extends to the midground, spotted with driftwood; the horizon line is roughly mid-image, where the water meets a light grey sky. Hazy mountain silhouette spans the distance. The composition guides the eye from the detailed foreground across the water to the blurred background.

#SilentSunday

#CoastSalish woman with ducks & salmon. A #PublicArt #sculpture in Esquimalt Gorge Park.

#Indigenous #Lekwungen #Esquimalt #Songhees #Wsanec #VictoriaBC #GorgePark #YYJParks #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Art #FirstNations #NativeArt #photography #monochrome #sepia

A stone sculpted statue of a Coast Salish Indigenous woman with long hair, draped in a shawl, kneels with one leg bent on a sculpted base resembling water, with salmon swimming. Ducks are at her feet. It is surrounded by lush greenery, giving a serene and natural scene.

#MonochromeMonday

Old #historical building for #trains repair/maintenance.

#Songhees #Esquimalt #YYJ #ViewRoyal #RailwayBuilding #VancouverIsland #YYJhistory #architecture #BrickBuilding #industrial #Lekwungen #VanIsle

Old, historical brick building for trains. Peaked roof. Double arched wood & iron barn-like doors - where trains can go into in times gone past.
Black and white photo.

#TexturesTuesday

#Iron & #Wood together.

#Lock #DoorHandle #patina #rust #HeritageBuilding #Songhees #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #VicWest #YYJ #photography #VancouverIsland

Old train station roundhouse door handle close up. Rusted iron & steel lock & door handle mounted on wood. Rusty orange red patina peeling off.

One of a few truckloads of #driftwood dropped off at Gorge Park for the ongoing nature rewilding restoration project. This is near the estuary area of the large urban nature park; by the Gorge nature house.

#Esquimalt #Saanich #VictoriaBC #Songhees #Lekwungen #GorgeWaterwayActionSociety #NatureRestoration #NaturePark #driftwood #conservation #NatureStewardship #YYJParks #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #Rewilding #PacificNorthwest #YYJ #PNW #CommunityPark #monochrome #BWphoto

Large pile of driftwood logs on grassy beach area.
Black and white photo.

#GorgeWaterway Action Society is part of the federal Department of #Fisheries and #Oceans #EuropeanGreenCrab #MonitoringProject.

The local monitoring team caught a few invasive crabs during the Gorge Waterway trapping yesterday. The team is back out, today(Sept. 19) at 10am.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x5-MeifU5FA

This is an ongoing environmental project for our #GorgeWaterwayActionSociety.
https://www.gorge.ca/projects/european-green-crab-monitoring

In association with #DFO - #PacificSalmonFoundation
https://psf.ca/
#PeninsulaStreamsSociety
https://peninsulastreams.ca/
#InvasiveSpeciesCouncilBC
https://bcinvasives.ca/

More info on these #invasive #crabs be found here:
https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/profiles-profils/europeangreencrab-crabevert-eng.html

If you see any of these invasive green crabs - please report them:

Toll-free: 1-888-356-7525
Email: DFO.AISPacific-EAEPacifique.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/plants-animals-ecosystems/invasive-species/reporting-invasive-species

#VictoriaBC #YYJ #Esquimalt #Saanich #marine #BCInvasives #wildlife #ecological #ecosystems #environmental #InvasiveSpeciesProject #MarineBiology #crustaceans #Nature #conservation #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #VanIsle #SalishSea #Songhees #ReportInvasiveSpecies #TrackingInvasives #EnvironmentalImpact #ProtectNativeSpecies #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #Ecology #MarineEnvironment

Local #invasive #EuropeanGreenCrab monitoring team caught a few invasive #crabs during the #GorgeWaterway trapping yesterday. The team is back out on the waterway, today at 10am.

This is an ongoing environmental project for our #GorgeWaterwayActionSociety. In association with #DFO - #PacificSalmonFoundation - #PeninsulaStreamsSociety - #InvasiveSpeciesCouncilBC.

#VictoriaBC #YYJ #Esquimalt #Saanich #BCInvasives #wildlife #ecological #ecosystems #environmental #InvasiveSpeciesProject #Nature #conservation #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #VanIsle #SalishSea #Songhees #ReportInvasiveSpecies #TrackingInvasives #EnvironmentalImpact #ProtectNativeSpecies #stewardship #Environmentalist

One of our team monitors, holding up a green crab to show belly, indicating it is a male.

Holding up a more reddish brown European green crab to show the 5 distinctive teeth on both sides of its head & how these crabs have colour ranges & not only green coloured.

Pointing at invasive European green crab caught. Looking at top of crab & carapace.

Round netted crab traps, lots of blue/white rope & bright orange bait containers. On the cement ground.

I'll be at #Esquimalt #GorgeWaterway /Kinsmen park in a few hours to join the invasive green crab monitoring team. It's another trapping/netting day & I'll be documenting some of the project's work.

[ Since 2022, we have participated in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ European Green Crab Monitoring Project. European green crabs are a destructive invasive species that removes eelgrass very efficiently, destroying habitat for everything else in the Gorge. Unfortunately, we caught adult European green crabs in the Gorge for the first time in August 2024 through our monitoring program.

We are working with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Peninsula Streams Society to remove as many as possible before the problem worsens. To prevent the spread of European Green Crabs, make sure to clean, drain, and dry off any watercraft according to BC Invasives. ]

https://www.gorge.ca/projects/european-green-crab-monitoring

#YYJ #Esquimalt #GorgeWaterwayPark #LekwungenTerritory #Songhees #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #Environmental #InvasiveSpecies #EuropeanGreenCrab #marine #DFO #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #conservationists #ecological #ecosystems #Naturalists #Cascadia #VanIsle #PNW

One of the new Indigenous friends that I made at the ribbon skirt workshop this weekend, Kecia, is a fellow weirdo Aquarian & from Namgis First Nation in Alert Bay. Although we just met, I've met some of her family from her birthplace prior - it was really cool to chat about those unexpected connections.

Kecia brought this bag that her niece, Brianna Dick, made. It's a gorgeous #PurpleCamas #CoastSalish design.
Brianna has an #OnlineStore where you can see/buy some of her #handmade #Indigenous #ArtsAndCrafts
https://briannabearart.bigcartel.com/

#BriannaBearArt is an Indigenous - owned and founded, #Canadian #artist store established in 2020 by Brianna Bear. Based in the traditional territory of the #Lekwungen, place to smoke herring lands of the #Songhees and #Esquimalt nations in #VictoriaBC.

Brianna started first as an artist with more than fifteen plus years of experience. She began learning under her grandfather Skip Dicks younger brother, Butch Dick. Afterwards she branched out into discovering her roots and design through her #cultural connections to Songhees & #Namgis formline design.

Today, working as one of a few Indigenous female artist within her traditional territory of the Songhees people, she has worked on murals, logos, small business designs, small event designs and more!

Brianna believes in telling stories through her design as you will see through this site."

#NativeArtists #YYJ #IndigenousArt #SupportIndigenousWomen #BCFirstNations #IndigenousBC #VancouverIsland #Camas #VanIsle #Cascadia #Purse #CanvasBag #Stylish #FloralArt #NativeArt #PacificNorthwest #Botanical #PNW

Coast Salish purple camas floral art design on canvas bag.

We will be showing all of our ribbon skirts, along with past ribbon skirt workshop participants, at the joint #TruthAndReconciliation special evening event, co-hosted by #SNIWWOC & #KWENCH on September 30th.

Event Info:

SNIWWOC will be hosting our annual Truth and Reconciliation event at KWENCH bringing #community members together for an evening of #education, #togetherness, and #remembrance for Truth and Reconciliation in #VictoriaBC on September 30th 2024, 5:30-7:30pm PST.

#JoinUs to learn about the sacred #Indigenous practice of #RibbonSkirt making and the significance it holds within the Indigenous community. You will have the unique opportunity to view these beautiful skirts made by BC Indigenous/Indigenous BIPOC individuals, and learn about the importance of continuing these traditions.

You will also have the privilege to #WitnessTestimony from #ResidentialSchoolSurvivors, the ones who did not make it as well as for honoring all #IndigenousCommunities.

Truth and Reconciliation, also known as #OrangeShirtDay, is a reminder of what was done in #Canadian history that impacted the #IndigenousPeople, and continues to impact generations of Indigenous communities. On this day we highlight how the conversation needs to be continued as a step for #healing and #reconciliation.

SNIWWOC would like to take this time and day to #honor the people and their #culture that was lost. You will hear from a variety of #IndigenousSpeakers, #CommunityElders, and be witness to #SacredKnowledge, in the #SafeSpace that we will hold for all that would like to be part of this experience.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone, celebrating and giving a voice for those who could not. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided!

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/truth-and-reconciliation-tickets-1002649079387

#EveryChildMatters #NativeExperiences #Lekwungen #Songhees #Esquimalt #Wsanec #FirstPeoples #CulturalEvent #YYJ #VancouverIsland #CommunityEvent #CommunitySharing #CommunitySupport #IndigenousLed #decolonization

Gorge Waterway Action Society is hosting a #PLANTING PARTY! To celebrate upcoming National #ForestWeek.

To occur during our regularly scheduled Thursday morning #NatureRestoration #WorkParty on September 26, from 9:30 until 11:00 am.

#VolunteersWanted #CommunityWork #EcologicalRestoration #HelpRestoreNature #HelpingHands #ComeAndHelp #GorgeWaterwayPark #RestoreTheGorge #Esquimalt #ViewRoyal #Saanich #Wsanec #Lekwungen #Songhees #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #YYJ #MakeADifference #HelpWanted #VanIsle #Environmentalists #NaturesHumanHelpers

Event poster.

Gorge Waterway Action Society is hosting a PLANTING PARTY!

Thursday, September 26, from 9:30am until 11:00 am.

Meet at the Gorge Waterway Nature House
Tools provided, all are welcome, no experience necessary.

#SilentSunday

Layered my analogue photograph, after scanning it, of a beautiful statue at #GorgeWaterwayPark - with a pastel background.

One of my fave local #PublicArt #statues is in Gorge Park. It's this #Indigenous #CoastSalish #woman resting on waters, with #ducks & #salmon.

Expand & flip phone sideways for better view 👌

#Wsanec #Esquimalt #Songhees #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #SculptureArt #ArtInThePark #ArtLovers #LekwungenTerritory #NatureGuardian #NatureMatriarch #SeenAroundYYJ #DisabledPhotographer #YYJphotographers #WorldInMyEyes #MyPhotoArt #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #BritishColumbia #MadeInYYJ #Sculptures #ArtLovers #PhotographicArt #AnaloguePhotograph

Coast Salish stone statue. Coast Salish woman resting on waters with ducks & salmon by her feet & in the water.
The background, digitally layered under, is ombre greens, blues & a white circle line with two white star marks, frames the statue.

Selkirk Trestle Bridge. Shot from waters below.
It's a well used bicycle & pedestrian bridge that spans across the #GorgeWaterway - from #VicWest to #BurnsideGorge.

#VictoriaBC #Lekwungen #Esquimalt #Songhees #Wsanec #Saanich #photography #VancouverIsland #Bridges #infrastructure #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BWphotography #PacificNorthwest #graffiti #VanIsle #YYJ #WorldInMyEyes #YYJphotographers #DisabledPhotographers