Indigenous-Led Tours in Vancouver Share Knowledge on Culture and Ecology

A family enjoying a guided canoe experience with Takaya Tours at Deep Cove; Destination BC/Hubert Kang

With the arrival of spring, James Healy is excited to lead tours again in a 35-foot canoe along the spectacular coastlines of Burrard Inlet. Healy, manager at Takaya Tours, is especially excited about one aspect of the tours.

“I like being out on the water. I like the feeling of the wind and the feeling of the waves beneath us,” he says. He also really likes when tour participants paddle together and fall into sync. He sees this paddling harmony as a form of naut’sa mawt, which means “one heart, one mind.”

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