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THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
The old location of Fort Alexandria was in a different location than I have previously understood it to be, and so that changed the story of the Fort Alexandria flood that was the result of a landslide along the Fraser River. But there were two landslides.... #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fort-alexandria-flood/

Huge #OrangeShirt #memorial to honour all the native kids' lives lost in the cruel #ResidentialSchool system.
On the site of one of the worst in Canada - #Namgis territory, #AlertBay. It was called St. Michael's Indian Residential School. It was demolished in 2015. #Umista Cultural Center sits on the old site. #Indigenous peoples have reclaimed their land there & are trying to heal from colonial abuses.

We have racists in #Canada who are currently dishonouring the victims of residential schools by denying survivors' histories & saying mass graves are a lie. This is so wrong. We owe the ones who died & the living survivors support & reparations. Please don't let folks use denialism around you - confront them & stand up for the victims & survivors.

Relevant links:
https://collections.irshdc.ubc.ca/Detail/objects/518

https://orangeshirtday.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Michael%27s_Indian_Residential_School_(Alert_Bay)

https://www.umista.ca/

https://www.7generations.org/what-is-every-child-matters/

#IndigenousChildren #ColonialCrimes #ColonialViolence #ChurchAbuses #RacialViolence #IndigenousGenocide #EveryChildMatters #BelieveVictims #SupportSurvivors #NativeChildren #IndigenousChildren #ChildAbuse #ColonialCoverUps #TruthBeforeReconcilliation #Decolonization #DecolonizeYourMind #BritishColumbia #Canada #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CanadasGenocide #BChistory #CanadianHistory #StopRacism #SystemicRacism #SystematicAbuse

Learn more about #ChiefMaquinna.

This is a collection of words, photos and video clips for Hyas Tyee #Nuuchahnulth - Chief Maquinna. A greatly respected & important Chief of the Nuuchahnulth #Haida People, of the Haida Gwaii Islands, in #BritishColumbia #Canada.

Chief Maquinna (also transliterated: Muquinna, Macuina, Maquilla) was the Chief of the Nuuchahnulth People of #NootkaSound, during the heyday of the maritime fur trade in the 1780s and 1790s, on the #PacificNorthwest Coast.

British explorer #CaptainCook went looking (like so many #Europeans before and after him)or the Northwest Passage. He ran headlong into a thriving trade and business culture on the west coast, overseen by young Nuu-chah-nulth, Chief Maquinna.

The two men's encounter would forever change trans-Pacific trade and teach the European empire a lesson in diplomacy, they've managed to forget, many times over.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkf8fIcyhyc

#BCFirstNations #ColonialBC #ColonialCanada #NativeChiefs #IndigenousChief #NativeBC #FirstPeoples #Maquinna #VancouverIsland #Nootka #VanIsle #PNW #Cascadia #ColonialResistance #BChistory #geopolitics #BCIndigenousHistory #CanadianHistory #PNWHistory #FirstNations #colonialism #BrokenTrust #TruthBeforeReconciliation #Landback #educational #HonourTheTreaties #BCpoli #CDNpoli #HistoryAndPolitics #JusticeForIndigenous

I'll post some belated stuff today; my last full day off before returning to work tomorrow.
One of my search & rescue friends took me away for an off grid day hiking adventure yesterday & we got home last night.

#Carmanah Point #LightStation was established in 1891. The first #lighthouse there was built of wood & attached to the keeper's housing. The present tower was built in 1920 of concrete & remains in operation. The area is said to be named for the upstream #Nitinaht village. It is said the name means "thus far upstream".

In Summer 2024, #Canadian Fisheries & Oceans along with the #CoastGuard announced that the light station was seismically unstable & would be destaffed before the end of the year. On Oct. 25, lightkeepers were removed from the station. The decision to destaff the station has been met with heavy criticism from various local authorities, including local governments, indigenous leadership & industry leaders.

#VancouverIsland #VanIsle #Mariners #Nautical #EmergencyLight #BoatersSafety #MarineSafety #JuanDeFucaTrail #Westcoast #PacificNorthwest #CowichanValley #Cascadia #monochrome #photography #PNW #BChistory #WildernessSafety

THE HBC BRIGADES, BLOGPOST:
At beautiful Rhododendron Flats, Alexander Caulfield Anderson viewed the bright pink blossoms, and picking one, put it in his Latin Bible which he always carried with him. After that, he climbed the hill to the top of the Tulameen Plateau... #HBCHistory #BCHistory #AmWritingHistory #FurTrade https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/rhododendron-flats/

THE HBC BRIGADES, BLOGPOST:
A little story about my great-grandfather, Alexander Caulfield Anderson, and of his pleasure in being made Chief Trader, including the letters exchanged with his brother, James. But his pleasure at his promotion was the same that was felt by any HBC man who received this honour. #BCHistory #BritishColumbia #FurTrade #History #Blogpost https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/chief-trader/

THE HBC BRIGADES, 1831:
"The Post is without the means of making the necesary repairs to the canoes, having neither Gum, Bark, or Wattap on hand, those indispensable articles must be got before we can begin repairs.
"19. Some of the men were Employed to go and gather Gum & Wattap, & the Canoes being too dry were put to soak, previous to beginning to repair them. Some of the Bales untied to make up the outfit of the post. Some of the Indians from Bear Lake came... #BCHistory #FurTrade #History

THE HBC BRIGADES, 1826:
"At 4 o'clock pm we left Thompson's River and proceeded about eight miles beyond it, when we encamped. The Chief and some of his followers accompanied us to the Encampment, whither they brought a sufficiency of dried salmon for the consumption of two days, which I paid for with annumition & Tobacco. And in consideration of this service, I made him a present of a Shirt, with some Ammunition and Tobacco, and to each of his sons I also gave... #FurTrade #BCHistory #AmWriting

#SilentSunday

#abandoned #FishCannery front #door with #window - looking into #decaying interior & the ocean beyond.

*turn phone sideways for full view*

#monochrome #BlackAndWhite #WorldInMyEyes #MyPerspective #MyPhotography #samsung8 #CellphonePhotos #AlertBay #CormorantIsland #BCCoast #BCNorthIslands #CoastalBC #SmallTown #NamgisTerritory #PNW #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #Photography #RoadTrip #BCHistory #OldBuildings

#abandoned #AlertBay #shipyard #building - kitty corner from #NamgisTerritory original burial grounds. It's falling apart. Lots of items still left inside the locked building.

#BCShipbuilding #BChistory #CormorantIsland #BCCoast #BCNorthIslands #BritishColumbia #Canada #PNW #PacificNorthwest #GalentinesWeek #WorldInMyEyes #MyPerspective #samsung8 #CellphonePhotos #MyPhotography

The old #AlertBay #courthouse - #built in 1923 - #multifunctional #building - operated as a #PoliceStation , #jail & RCMP housing. It's now a private residence.

#history #CormorantIsland #BCHistory #BCCoast #BCNorthIslands #BritishColumbia #Canada #PNW #PacificNorthwest #NamgisTerritory #NamgisNation #GalentinesWeek #RoadTrip

#VictoriaBC based #documentary explores the important role of #BlackPioneers in #BritishColumbia #history .

Secret Victoria: Rush to Freedom was created by Vancouver-based producer Anthony Brown and Telus Originals director Melinda Friedman.

It looks at how a rush of #black #immigrants in the 1850s helped shaped the Victoria we know today.
https://youtu.be/B7tvk15vzKU

#BlackFriday #AntiRacism #EducationIsKey #KnowledgeIsPower #BLM #Awareness #StopRacism #POC #KnowBetterDoBetter #BCHistory

For #BlackFriday - please consider #learning from this #timeline of #BlackHistory in #BritishColumbia #Canada 🙌

https://bcblackhistory.ca/learning-centre/bc-black-history-timeline/

#BlackMastodon #POC #AntiRacismEducation #decolonization #learnAboutHistory #KnowledgeIsPower #EducationIsKey #BLM #BCHistory #BlackPioneers #Awareness