Since we can’t go on field trips, we are doing the best we can to ‘experience’ the river.   In addition to learning about the river, we are learning that indigenous knowledge and history are traditionally passed down through oral history and collective memory.  We have decided to parallel that tradition by telling stories to learn about the Fraser River.  A short summary of those stories is being attached to their ‘large’ Fraser River maps. (see photo April 1st post)

Our first location was the headwaters of the Fraser River at Mount Robson in the Rockies.  Our first story was of Fin Donnelly swimming the entire length of the Fraser River from Mount Robson out to the Salish Sea.  He did this not once, but twice.  His purpose was to raise awareness of this important resource in our backyard.

Did You Know?

• that archaeological evidence shows that aboriginal people had seasonal settlements near the present-day Alex Fraser Bridge at the Glenrose and St. Mungo cannery sites over 8,000 years ago.  (source:  Delta Optimist: Nov. 30, 2018)