Storm Bay (British Columbia)

Storm Bay through a smokey haze

Storm Bay is a bay in Sechelt Inlet of the Pacific Ocean.[1] It is accessible by boat or seaplane. Storm Bay is so named as it affords the only sheltered anchorage in Sechelt, Salmon, and Narrows Inlets.[2]

Since the mid-1960s Storm Bay has been home to a number of notable artists.[3]

Ecology

Storm Bay is in the Coastal Douglas-fir Biogeoclimactic Zone of British Columbia, which consists of wet, mossy, dense temperate rain forests.[4][5]

History

Logged Western redcedar with a springboard notch
Homesteader

Sechelt nation

Storm Bay has been inhabited by the Shishá7lh (or Sechelt) nation, specifically the téwánkw sub-group of ?álhtulich, stl'ixwim, and skúpa (Sechelt, Narrows, and Salmon Inlets),[6] for around eight millennia. Existing shell middens indicate ancient and long-term human habitation.[7]

Early twentieth century

Storm Bay was logged intensively and homesteaded early in the twentieth century.[8][9][10]

In 1907, the Sechelt Brick & Tile Company Limited built a small brickworks in Storm Bay which closed after two years due to the poor quality of the clay. The Canadian government built a large brick plant in 1921 as a "returned men's project"; it too was short-lived.[11] [12]

1960s and 1970s

Many people loosely associated with the intentional community movement settled in Storm Bay during the late 1960s and early 1970s, including the notable artists Kate Craig (who died in Storm Bay in 2002,) David Rimmer, Karen Jamieson, Hank Bull and Glenn Lewis.,[13][3]

In 1980 a Royal Canadian Mounted Police member from the Sechelt detachment could name only Storm Bay when asked about extant communes in the Sunshine Coast region. Its inhabitants however eschew the word commune, and refer to Storm Bay as a neighbourhood.[14] [3]

See also

Skookumchuck Narrows

References

  1. ↑ Observation, Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Earth Sciences Sector, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth. "Place names - Storm Bay". www4.rncan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  2. ↑ "D'Arcy's Sailing,Cal Sailboat, Retirement Planner,Sechelt and Cruising Page". www3.telus.net. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  3. 1 2 3 Scott, Andrew (2017-03-25). The Promise of Paradise: Utopian Communities in British Columbia. Harbour Publishing. ISBN 9781550177725.
  4. ↑ "Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia - Coastal Western Hemlock". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  5. ↑ Egan, Brian; Izard, David; Fergusson, Susan (1999). The Ecology of the Coastal Western Hemlock Zone (PDF). Victoria: British Columbia Ministry of Forests.
  6. ↑ "About Us :: shíshálh Nation | The Sechelt First Nation | The Sechelt Indian Band". www.shishalh.com. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  7. ↑ "ANTHROJOURNAL". anthrojournal.com. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  8. ↑ Barrow, Francis; Hill, Beth (1985). Upcoast Summers. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.: TouchWood Editions. pp. 25, 27. ISBN 9780920663011.
  9. ↑ Francis, Daniel. (Editor) (2000). The Encyclopedia of British Columbia. Madeira Park, British Columbia.: Harbour Publishing Ltd. p. 638. ISBN 1-55017-200-X.
  10. ↑ Arbor, John C. (1993). Water Quality Assessment and Objectives for Sechelt Inlet (Sunshine Coast Area) (PDF) (Report). Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.: Water Quality Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. p. 20 (p. 52 of PDF).
  11. ↑ Barrow, Francis; Hill, Beth (1985). Upcoast Summers. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.: TouchWood Editions. pp. 90–91. ISBN 9780920663011.
  12. ↑ Keller, Betty; Leslie, Rosella (2011-07-06). Bright Seas, Pioneer Spirits: A History of the Sunshine Coast. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.: TouchWood Editions. ISBN 9781926971858.
  13. ↑ "Kate CRAIG's Obituary on The Vancouver Sun". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  14. ↑ "Title unknown". Vancouver Sun. Vancouver. 1980. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Coordinates: 49°39′43″N 123°49′19″W / 49.662°N 123.822°W / 49.662; -123.822


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