Indigenous Culture
Indigenous Place Names in the Southern Gulf Islands
SENĆOŦEN and Hul'q'umi'num names for places in the Southern Gulf Islands.
Our collection
of islands
We are grateful to live on and visit the Southern Gulf Islands and acknowledge that the lands and waters that encompass these islands have been home to Indigenous peoples since time immemorial, part of the traditional unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including W̱SÁNEĆ First Nations and Hul’quimi’num Treaty Group.