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| Paddlers waiting to land |
The T'Souke Nation hosts a gathering of ocean canoeists in the summer. Coming off the Strait of Juan de Fuca, they bivy for a night on the Sooke River. In July and hopefully on a rising tide, 15 - 20 traditional cedar canoes, paddled by 7 - 15 people per boat are greeted and welcomed on the T'Souke First Nation land via the river.
We sometimes hear the drumming and singing first. Sometimes the ever changing estuary pathways hang up a boat or two. Permission to land is asked and the welcome is heard along the river.
They snake in wave after wave of boats and people. Maneuvering in and out.
Tomorrow morning they will escape the estuary, negotiate Whiffen Spit and continue their journey on the Salish Sea.
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