Pacheedaht First Nation

The Pacheedaht are North American Indians, living in the south of Vancouver Island off the west coast of Canada. They speak Wakashan and are members of the Nuu- chah- nulth, but include only one of the 16 bands, as these groups are called in Canada, not the Nuu -chah- nulth Tribal Council to. Your four reserves are located in the Port Renfrew area and include nearly 172 acres. Chief of April 2010 261 members counted tribe is Chief Marvin McClurg.

Originally settlement area and current reserves

According to the oral tradition handed the original settlement area of Point no Point northward to Pacheenah Bay and Bonilla Point and the mouth of the San Juan River to the Todd Mountains, 26 miles ( 40 km ) inland. The traditional territory of the Pacheedaht included the sea off the coast including the fishing grounds on the Juan de Fuca Strait.

90 Of the 261 Pacheedaht lived in our reserve, that is, in the four - Pacheedaht reserves, the rest outside. The largest reserve, Gordon River Indian Reserve Number 2, located at the mouth of the Gordon River. In other reserves lived 27 Pacheedaht, the remaining 143 lived outside the reserves.

Forest management

In the 1930s, the San Juan Valley was largely deforested. The Malahat Logging Company built their beach camp at today's Port Renfrew from a 22- km long railway line into the area of Bear Creek. The Bear Creek Trestle, a 80 m high and 170 m long bridge was built.

At the San Juan River, the timber causes were so extensive, that collapsed due to siltation the salmon population. Meanwhile, not only strives to establish since 1901 as marine reserves, but also protects the remains of the forest. For several years, even trying to restore the severely damaged ecosystems, a work that is also subsidized by the government since 2002/ 03. Still here are very old stocks of Sitka spruce, which are almost 100 m high.

In January 2003, the tribe signed a treaty with the Nuu -chah also to - nulth belonging Ditidaht who live further north to start a common timber industry.

The role of the National Park

With the establishment of the Pacific Rim National Park, the number of tourists has grown by leaps and bounds. The neighboring tribes have taken on the task together with the park authority to entertain the West Coast Trail, one of the three major sections of the park. For this purpose they founded the Quu'as Partnership, a corporate joint venture of Pacheedaht, Ditidaht and Huu -ay -aht with Parks Canada.

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