Master carvers from 3 First Nations on northern Vancouver Island launch canoe formed from windfall cedar
For four months, high up in the H'kusam Forest near Sayward on northern Vancouver Island, three master carvers from three Nations have been working together to create a xwax'wana, a traditional canoe, using traditional methods.
The carved canoe, which is approximately 10 metres long, was moved by the carvers and community members from all of the Nations from its location in H’kusam Forest to the Kelsey Bay Spit in Sayward on May 20, where it was steamed in the traditional way. It was then painted and made ready for blessing, naming, and launching in a formal ceremony to take place on Wednesday, July 17.
“The We Wai Kai First Nation is delighted to welcome the carvers, the paddlers, our communities, and our fellow Nations to Cape Mudge to witness together the arrival of Na̱max̱sa̱la. Our forests, our large cultural cedar trees, and our traditional use of those trees remain as important to us as they have been since time immemorial.
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