The “Big Hawaii of Canada” located on beautiful Vancouver Island, boasts the mildest climate in the Nation. Nested into the Coast Salish Seas, Victoria receives an average of 2183 hours of sunshine each year, with flowers in bloom year round.
The southern tip of Vancouver Island (including Victoria and Langford), the San Juan, and the Gulf Islands are the traditional territories of the Lkwungen (Lekwungen) peoples. Located in an area rich with resources shared with the neighbouring relations of Schian’exw (Beecher Bay), Ts’ouke (Sooke), Elwa Klallam and Makah whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
I acknowledge and thank the Lkwungen People, also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations communities, for allowing me to live, work and play on their lands. I would also like to give thanks to the ancestors, elders, supernatural ones, hereditary leaders and matriarchs, creatures big and small for looking after the rich resources and cultural teachings of this beautiful land.