• Alert Bay

    May 28, 2025 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Awoke to a nice sunny day. Went ashore on a tender and walked to the U'Mista cultural centre. There was lots of information and stories about the local clans. it was about a mile walk and there were lots of Ravens and several eagles.
    We then went to the Hall to see a demonstration of local dancing. The hall had a large fire in the middle. Lots of different dances , one getting the spirits to get rid of salmon farms that had spoiled the local ecological. The children were involved in the dancing.
    We walked back through town and went to the Namgis burial ground, which we weren't allowed to enter.
    Then we got the last tender back to the ship.
    Went to an interesting talk from Chad who kayaked through part of the northwest passage along with Freya Hoffmeister
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