Monthly Archives: May 2019

ȾEL¸IȽĆ – Cordova Bay Ancestral Village Site On My 14th, 2019, the W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council facilitated a historic meeting that brought together W̱SÁNEĆ and District of Saanich leadership and communities to discuss the Cordova Bay Local Area Plan. Cordova Bay is an important place for W̱SÁNEĆ communities.  Our historic village ȾEL¸IȽĆ is located at the heart of Cordova Bay, not far from the current Beach House Restaurant. This village, and the surrounding burial sites, harvesting areas were the centre of the South Saanich Treaty, signed in 1852.  At the meeting Dr. Brian Thom from the Anthropology Department at [...]

Sign of the times: Park to be called John Dean and ȽÁU,WELNEW Adam Olsen, Green MLA for Saanich North and the Islands, spoke Monday to clarify that John Dean Provincial Park will not solely be called ȽÁU,WELNEW. Rather, in a spirit of cooperation, the park will have both names and be called ȽÁU,WELNEW/John Dean Provincial Park. Read This story