#coastalbc — Public Fediverse posts

#SilentSunday

#Beach gooseneck #barnacles find.
There's 3 different types of barnacles found in BC waters/on beaches - acorn, gooseneck & whale - the latter grows on whales' bodies. Barnacles are a longtime, year-round staple #seafood for coastal #Indigenous #FirstNations. In particular, the #Haida & #Kwakwakawakw & #Pacheedaht #FirstPeoples have several documented stories involving barnacles, including food prep recorded histories.

Barnacles are #ancient and can be dated to the middle of Cambrian period of Paleozoic because of Burgess Shale deposits in #BritishColumbia. They're #hermaphroditic #MarineAnimals.

#beachcombing #ectoparasites #MarineBiology #epibiotic #LookAndLearn #TraditionalFood #CoastSalish #shellfish #PortRenfrew #Kwakwakawakw #Haida #IndigenousFoods #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #WestCoast #Canada #photography #WorldInMyEyes #Educational #CoastalBC #marine

#ThrowbackThursday
2020.

#Laichwiltach Nation’s Hereditary Chief Tsahaukuse's (aka George Quocksister Jr.) traditional, #handwoven Chief's #hat. Made from yellow #cedar bark with beading & an #EagleFeather attached.
Sitting in front of the woven hat is a row of some #handcarved miniature canoe #paddles, carved from red & yellow cedar. Chief Darren Blaney of the #Xwémalhkwu aka #Homalco #FirstNation #carved over 100 of these paddles. They were carved in #honour of the many young Homalco lives lost.

#Indigenous #CoastSalish #BCFirstNations #IndigenousBC #NativeCanada #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #IndigenousCanada #handmade #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #ButeInlet #ImOnABoat #VancouverIsland #CoastalBC #BCCoast #Cascadia #Salishan #PNW #Comox #photography

#FlashbackFriday
2020.

Cruising back to Campbell River from #FishFarmsOut flotilla protest & no restocking patrol.

Always put #WildFirst ✊️

#ProtectTheWild #WildSalmonAlliance #NoLicenseRenewal #Frankenfish #Environmentalist #Ecological #Activism #DirectAction #OneEarth #OceanGuardians #SalmonGuardians #StandUpForSalmon #BoycottFarmedSalmon #SayNoToFarmedSalmon #CDNpoli #BCpoli #BritishColumbia #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #BCcoast #CoastalBC #Westcoast #Oceans #DemandMPAs #PNW #Activist #ProtectNature #DiscoveryIslands #archipelago #boating #marine

#FlashbackFriday
2020.

I was invited to go on a #flotilla #protest led by #IndigenousChiefs & leaders from the North Island in late 2019 - we went in March of 2020. To stop 2 open net fish farms, in the #DiscoveryIslands archipelago, from restocking their pens. These fish farms are remote & they don't want public to access them. No restocking was able to happen on day we went on flotilla protest & patrol.

I've been a part of the battle here to get #FishFarmsOut for over a decade. There's finally some progress but we need to still keep up the pressure on federal & provincial governments.
#SaveWildSalmon because they're a #KeystoneSpecies & if we lose them, it sets off chain reactions in both #ocean & #OldGrowthForest #ecosystems. Wild salmon are extremely important to the Indigenous peoples of BC & the fight to protect them goes back decades.

Always put #WildFirst ✊️

#ProtectTheWild #WildSalmonAlliance #NoLicenseRenewal #FloatingViruses #Frankenfish #Environmentalist #Ecological #Activism #DirectAction #OneEarth #OceanGuardians #SalmonGuardians #SalmonPeople #StandUpForSalmon #BoycottFarmedSalmon #SayNoToFarmedSalmon #CDNpoli #BCpoli #BritishColumbia #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #BCcoast #CoastalBC #Westcoast #Oceans #DemandMPAs #PNW #Activist #ProtectNature

Past direct action with Sea Shepard Conservation Society ✊️

https://seashepherd.org/

#DirectAction #WildFirst #FishFarmsOut #Activists #POCWomen #DiscoveryIslands #BritishColumbia #StopEcocide #SaveWildSalmon #KeystoneSpecies #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Comrades #Activism #Protest #WildSalmonAlliance #PNW #EcoJustice #DFO #BCpoli #BCNDP #CDNpoli #monochrome #CoastalBC #DemandMPAs #environmentalists #Westcoast #PreserveOceans #Oceans #MarineWildlife #SeaShepard #SeaGuardians

#SilentSunday

After the rainstorms, calm waters.

#ChathamIslands #Sailing #Nautical #BoatAccessOnly #CoastalBC #SalishSea #SongheesTerritory #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #BCSailing #PNW

#PacificOcean waves rolling onto #Pacheedaht beach. Soothing.

#SaltwaterForTheSoul #HealingEnergy #Nature #tidal #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #CoastalBC #PacificNorthwest #Seashore #ocean #WildAndFree

#ThrowbackThursday
2021.
Jordan River surfboard sign - Respect the locals.

#VancouverIsland #VanIsle #surfboard #PacificOcean #oceanside #oceanfront #Cascadia #JuanDeFucaDistrict #Tsouke #Pacheedaht #JordanRiver #Westcoast #BCSurf #CoastalBC #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #Canada #PNW #TourismVanvouverIsland #TourismBC #sign

#ThrowbackThursday
Juan de Fuca Trail, #hiking adventure, 2021.
So many #stairs down from the #forest to beach rest area.

#VancouverIsland #Wilderness #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #HikingTrail #PNW #VanIsle #WorldInMyEyes #DisabledHiker #GetOutside #Buoys #nautical #Westcoast #RuggedTrail #CoastalBC #BritishColumbia #Cascadia #WeekendHikes #TrailMarkers #BCCoast

#Spiraea douglasii is in the #RoseFamily native to western #NorthAmerica AKA #hardhack & #DouglasSpirea & #Steeplebush & #RoseSpirea

#Indigenous #FirstPeoples used this #plant to make brooms & to hang seafood to cook.
It's used in #riparian #revegetation projects for hardiness/quick growth.

#NativePlants #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #PlantID #CoastalBC #Wildflowers #BCnativePlants #PNWnativePlants #vanisle #Cowichan #PlantsOfPNW #Westcoast #florespondence #BloomScrolling

#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

#PortAlice in #monochrome 🦅
Taken in 2012.
Many of those mountains you see here have massive bald spots from gross clearcut logging now. Hurt my nature loving heart to see the damages recently.

#VancouverIsland #vanisle #PNW #PacificNorthwest #BCSmallTowns #BritishColumbia #Canada #BCNorthIsland #BCCoast #CoastalBC #Westcoast #Quatsino #landscape #WorldInMyEyes #MyPerspective #BlackAndWhite #samsung8 #CellphonePhotos #Photography #SeeWhatISaw #scenic #mountains #ocean #coastal #scenery