Re: [Paddlewise] Loss of Kayaking Areas on Vancouver Island. BC, Canada

I'll be the first to admit I know very little about
this situation, but it seems to me that a good
starting point would be to ask the new owners
permission to use launching and camping sites.  I know
its not the white thing to do, and we have a tried and
true history of fixing such inconveniences with
violence and rascism, but it might be a nice gesture.

Just thoughts. 
Harvey 

--- Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com> wrote:

> John Kimantas, author of a series of excellent
> guidebooks to the coast of 
> BC, and perhaps the person most knowledgeable of
> areas kayakers use there, 
> just alerted Canadian paddlers that a large number
> of the beaches and 
> campsites sea kayakers have traditionally used on
> Vancouver Island have 
> been ceded over to the Maa-Nulth First Nations
> Peoples.
> 
> Details of the losses begin here, on West Coast
> Paddler, a Victoria-based 
> forum for paddlers:
>
> http://www.westcoastpaddler.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=1486
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