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#AlertBay in Winter 2022.
The wobbly deep sea #pier #dock beside a deteriorating #boathouse.

*Click image to expand & flip phone sideways to see full panorama.

#Namgis #CoastalBC #RoadTrip #ocean #sea #nautical #marine #panoramic #panorama #seascape #landscape #WestCoast #BritishColumbia #Canada #PacificNorthwest #PNW #BCCoast #BCIslands #TravelBC #BCFerriesTrip #WorldInMyEyes #DisabledPhotographers #photography #SilentSunday

With #Namgis #FirstNation crew at 2022 #WildSalmon #flotilla #protest in #Tofino. This flotilla was led by Namgis Chief, Ernest Alfred - in the middle of photo.

Our boat captain is on far right, Willie Mitchell, Indigenous former #NHL player. I was invited to join Namgis leaders boat for this flotilla.

#VancouverIsland #BCIndigenousChiefs #NativeChiefs #IndigenousLeaders #BCFirstNations #NativeBC #IndigenousBC #NativeLeaders #FishFarmsOut #WildSalmonAlliance #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #SaveWildSalmon #DemandMPAs #BCpoli #CDNpoli #OceanGuardians #monochrome

#NamgisNation Band Council member & #HereditaryChief Ernest Alfred, #drumming & #singing at #Tofino #WildSalmon #FishFarmsOut #IndigenousLed #Flotilla #Protest 2022.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=scJd21cMh52v_pFs&v=4uw5I0qqgAg&feature=youtu.be

Learn more about #Namgis #FirstNation
https://namgis.bc.ca/

Thanks to Shockwave, based in #SidneyBC for sponsoring our trip there 🙌
https://shockwaveseats.com/

Thanks to former NHL Canucks' Willie Mitchell for taking us out on his nice boat.

Part of the old #Namgis #BurialGrounds - there's a new one, in different area of island. When the memorial totems fall down, they're left there because BC coastal #FirstNations believe it's part of the natural cycle of returning ancestors to their lands; post physical deaths.

#AlertBay #CormorantIsland #BCCoast #BCNorthIslands #TotemPoles #Memorial #PayingRespect #TobaccoDown #NamgisTerritory #PNW #BritishColumbia #Canada #PacificNorthwest #FirstNation