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A photo of a small waterfall stream flowing between the lush forest in Xwaaqw’um ("Burgoyne Bay"). A log growing mossy turkey tail mushrooms, sitting on a Hillside in front of the Pacific ocean, surrounded by trees. Xwaaqw’um ("Burgoyne Bay"). An old branch tangled in brush, covered in moss. Xwaaqw’um ("Burgoyne Bay"). A gully of ferns with a scattering of tall & bare trees covered in moss. Xwaaqw’um ("Burgoyne Bay").
March 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Stqeeye’ Learning Society restores and protects the waters of Xwaaqw’um, a traditional Quw’utsun village site on Salt Spring Island, while revitalizing Indigenous knowledge, culture, and stewardship. www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/149126
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September 30, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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The Indigenous carved wood Welcome Poles at Xwaaqw’um (Burgoyne Bay) on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia 🇨🇦 welcome visitors.

#MakersmARTch #carved #WelcomePole #SaltSpringIsland #BritishColumbia #IndigenousArt #EastCoastKin
For the Makers MARTCH theme Carved, a colour photograph of two large, hand carved wood Welcome Poles on the shores of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. The carvings are of an Indigenous man and woman with their hands raised in welcome.
March 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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#BlueskyArtShow #Quiet

#Cedar welcome pole #statues at #BurgoyneBay (known as #Xwaaqw'um in the #Hul'q'umi'num language)

#SaltSpring #Island #BC #Canada 🇨🇦 #Nature 🌱 #Photography 📷 #Travel ✈️ #Salish #SalishSea #Sea #Sculptures #Carvings #Totem #TotemPoles #CoastSalish #Artistic #traditions #Vista
This image shows two different carved wooden sculptures in what appears to be traditional dress with hats, taken from behind - one on the left, the on the right, together they frame the calm waterway of the Salish Sea. A steep hill on the left is blanketed by trees, and there are distant hills with more fir trees on the horizon under a grey/white cloudy sky. There are what looks to be Scottish thistles framing the bottom right hand side of the picture, slightly out of focus for artistic effect. The scene is located in Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, Canada.These carvings appear consistent with Coast Salish artistic traditions found in the region.
July 11, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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This old shed was well on its way to returning to #nature 🍃 but people working on the wetlands cut back the #brambles that almost fully engulfed it.

#Photography 📷 #Travel ✈️ #Xwaaqw'um #Beach #Saltspring #SaltspringIsland #BC #Canada 🇨🇦 #Abandoned #Trail #Shed
An old white shed with a weathered corrugated roof near a walking trail. It is covered in graffiti and partially hidden by the brambles that line the trail and the green of trees behind it as well the fallen twigs and branches fallen on to its roof. There is a partial image of a wooden gate as the trail turns to the left.
July 9, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Support the Cowichan Nation in these divisive times.
mi tse ‘ t’akw, coming home — Stqeeye’ Learning Society
A once-in-a-generation campaign, a chance to bring our Quw’utsun (Cowichan) Elders back to live in our traditional territory in Xwaaqw’um (Burgoyne Bay) for the first time in 150 years.
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May 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Out of the heat and into the shade of trees and boulders, Xwaaqw'um (Burgoyne Bay), Hwmet'utsum (Mt. Maxwell).
#saltspring #saltspringisland
July 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM