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Indigenous tourism: Vancouver Island First Nation plans marine tours that honour its culture – Vancouver Sun

Mar 03, 2021

Cecilia Dick, cultural tourism supervisor for the Songhees Nation, said funding is in place to develop a marine trail tour stretching from Royal Roads and Esquimalt, through the Inner Harbour, along the Victoria and Oak Bay waterfront and up to Cadboro Bay using a 25-foot landing-craft vessel holding up to 12 passengers.

The Songhees Nation on Vancouver Island is ­preparing to launch an ambitious tourism venture that it says will give the world a first-hand look at the land, culture and history of the Lekwungen people.

Cecilia Dick, cultural tourism supervisor for the Songhees Nation, said funding is in place to develop a marine trail tour stretching from Royal Roads and Esquimalt, through the Inner Harbour, along the Victoria and Oak Bay waterfront and up to Cadboro Bay using a 25-foot landing-craft vessel holding up to 12 passengers.

Read More: https://vancouversun.com/travel/indigenous-tourism-vancouver-island-first-nation-plans-marine-tours-that-honour-its-culture

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