Category: Kitamaat Village

After the storm

It was a stormy night and early morning on September 27, when I went to Haisla to photograph the unveiling of the legacy pole. I noticed that the storm had uprooted a tree and it had somehow become planted in Douglas Channel just off the village dyke. The sun had come out for the pole […]

Unveiling the Haisla Legacy Pole

On Saturday, September 27, 2025, members of the Haisla Nation, residents of Kitimat and officials from Rio Tinto came together in Haisla, the Kitamaat Village, c̓imauc̓a, to unveil an aluminum totem pole that recounts the origin story of the Haisla. To honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Haisla Nation and Rio Tinto came […]

Portrait of a crow

During the May shorebird count at Haisla, a fearless crow came up right close to the birders, apparently attracted by some salmon eggs that someone had scattered on a nearby driftwood log.         ;

Spring birds at the Kitimat waterfront

After a winter of mostly wet, overcast, low light, awful weather, spring has returned to Kitimat and Haisla.  So a few images from the March 30, shorebird count by the Kitimat Valley Naturalists.                

In Memoriam Hey Mus Jassee (Sammy Robinson) heriditary chief Haisla Nation

The respected and loved heriditary chief of the Haisla Nation Hey Mus Jassee (Sammy Robinson)  left for the spirit world on February 11, 2025. He was a world renowned carver and artist, a leader of the Haisla Nation during challenging times and a friend to many in the Kitimat community. Some of the photographs I […]

Bridging the Núyem, the new Haisla Bridge pole

On September 30, 2024 the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation the Haisla Nation  ( x̄á’isla nation) and the District of Kitimat came to together to raise “Bridging our Núyem,” a new pole that commemorates the new Haisla Bridge over the Kitimat River. Hundreds of people from both Kitimat and Haisla in a fierce late […]

New electric tug Haisea Wamis arrives in Kitimat

  The first of three new style electric tugboats, the Haisea Wamis, arrived in Kitimat, BC, on the traditional territory of the Haisla Nation, on the afternoon of July 29, 2024. HaiSea Marine is a joint venture majority owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan. HaiSea Marine has a major contract with LNG […]