Tsatsisnukwomi

After rescuing Henry the Heron we motored around the corner to a small village that is on the map as New Vancouver.

We took a guided tour of the village by a lovely young woman that gave us a detailed history of her family and her grandfather that rebuilt the village mostly on his own with the help of his sons starting in the 1970’s

The story of her grandfather rebuilding the Big House and the meaning behind all the poles on the front of the house was really fascinating.

Her family is from Knight Inlet and Glendale and their last name is Glendale. In the spring they all go up to the head of Knight Inlet and fish for Eulachon. Spending a number of weeks processing and rendering them for their oil. The oil is used in cooking as well as valuable for trading.

The village docks are available for overnight moorage. There is a store that sells food and produce as well as gifts. And apparently some baking! But the store was not yet open. So no baking the day we went there much to my sister’s disappointment. The village is just starting to open up to visitors after the COVID closures. Well worth the stop !

And we were pretty sure we saw Henry on the dock when we were walking around the village.