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2025
I hope your 2025 is going well for all of you. This year started off a bit chaotic for me. I’m hoping that at least my personal life has calmed down a bit. I can’t say the same about the current political situation. I will be continuing with the signs of the Lekwungen, there are…
Signs of the Lekwungen: Site of the South West Bastion of the Hudson Bay Company
Site 2 of the Sign of the Lekwungen is located near the entrance to the parking lot of Harbour Air. This was the site of (as the name suggests) the South West bastion of a wooden fort named Fort Camosun and later known as Fort Victoria. A large forested area was destroyed to bouillon the…
Signs of the Lekwungen: Songhees Point
A while back I had mentioned that I would write about the giant spindle whorls that are dotted around the city of Victoria, marking the different culturally significant places for the Lekwungen (now known as the Esquimalt and Songhees) people. The spindle whorl and small disc were traditionally used for spinning wool and is an…
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