field trip fridays
In an effort to explore the land we live on, and learn more about the peoples who have lived on this land for thousands of years, we will be doing some place-based learning.
Link to assignment here
Permission slip here
Link to assignment here
Permission slip here
signs of lekwungen
The Signs of Lekwungen consist of seven unique site markers - bronze castings of original cedar carvings, conceptualized and carved by Coast Salish artist, Butch Dick. The markers depict spindle whorls that were traditionally used by Coast Salish women to spin wool. The spindle whorl was considered the foundation of a Coast Salish family.
Locations
The site markers are placed at seven culturally-significant sites to the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations along the Inner Harbour and surrounding areas, which are as follows:
Locations
The site markers are placed at seven culturally-significant sites to the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations along the Inner Harbour and surrounding areas, which are as follows:
- the Lower Causeway in the Inner Harbour;
- Songhees Point;
- Laurel Point; (Currently not there)
- the site of the south west bastion of the Hudson Bay Company's fort (on the north side of the Malahat building, on Wharf Street);
- the entrance to the Royal BC Museum;
- near City Hall on Pandora Avenue; and
- the Beacon Hill "Lookout".
How to find (I took pictures to help you find them)
Other notable sites
- Thunderbird Park (this can count as two)
- City Hall (John A. MacDonald statue site)
- Bastion Square
- Foot of Fort Victoria
- Broad Street
- Market Square
- Clover Point
- Beacon Hill Park Story Pole
- Totem Kwakiutl Bear Pole
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- Johnson St Parkade “Woven Together”