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[Pass/Kishkan/High Ground Press]

The Skookumchuck stuff is interesting! And why shouldn't a place of strong
waters also be a teaching place? I accompanied my middle child's grade 11
biology class from Pender Harbour High School on their field trip yesterday
to Skookumchuck Narrows (called, I think, KLAY'-KO by the Sechelts) at low
tide. It's a powerful place, the waters of Sechelt Inlet meeting the waters
of Jervis Inlet. The kids explored the tide pools and identified a host of
animals from Gumboot Chitons to urchins to whelks. I talked to them a little
about traditional plant use -- the Sechelts used bull kelp, as did many
other coastal peoples, for oil vessels, for instance, and the rocks at low
tide were covered in red algae, dried and used as a confection or as a
condiment with shell fish and grease. It was tasty eaten as is off the warm
rocks, too.

Theresa Kishkan