Ms. Que Banh<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Moss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moss</span></a> covered big leaf maple trees are the main tree species growing in & around the trails & <a href="https://beige.party/tags/riparian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riparian</span></a> zones at <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HeadquartersTownsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeadquartersTownsite</span></a> Park in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Merville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merville</span></a> on <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a>.</p><p>This is a view of part of the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TsolumRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TsolumRiver</span></a>.</p><p>In 1964, Mount Washington Copper Mining Co. moved into its watershed & built a copper mine. By 1966, they left the area after extracting 940,000 tonnes of waste rock. Even though mining lasted only 3 years, repercussions of the mining practices can still be seen today. What was once a river that was sprawling with 15,000 coho salmon depleted to only 14 by 1984. In 1997, Tsolum River Task Force was formed by over 200 local residents with the goal of restoring Tsolum River's health & productivity.</p><p>The river previously supported large populations of salmon, steelhead & cutthroat trout & contributed significantly to the local economy. The economic benefit to the community, in 2007 dollars, was estimated at $2.7 million annually. Past remediation efforts have contributed to improved water quality in the Tsolum River. However, further improvement is needed in order to allow restoration of the fisheries resource.</p><p>A 6-ways partnership was founded in 2001 between the BC Ministry of Environment, Timber West, Tsolum River Restoration Society, Pacific Salmon Foundation, Environment Canada & Fisheries & Oceans Canada.<br>This partnership led to a successful wetland project, which reduced the copper levels to the point that fish stocks have now returned to the Tsolum River. The wetland has a limited life of 5-10 years, after which copper leachate will again impact the emerging fish populations.</p><p>Recommended reading:</p><p><a href="https://thenarwhal.ca/three-years-of-mining-40-years-of-taxpayer-clean-up-for-river-downstream-of-vancouver-island-copper-mine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thenarwhal.ca/three-years-of-m</span><span class="invisible">ining-40-years-of-taxpayer-clean-up-for-river-downstream-of-vancouver-island-copper-mine/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://charlesbrandt.ca/state-of-the-tsolum-report/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">charlesbrandt.ca/state-of-the-</span><span class="invisible">tsolum-report/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.tsolumriver.org/reports.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">tsolumriver.org/reports.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.tsolumriver.org/recovery-plan.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tsolumriver.org/recovery-plan.</span><span class="invisible">html</span></a></p><p>Access to this part of the river is on Farnham Rd.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/ComoxValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComoxValley</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PuntledgeBlackCreek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuntledgeBlackCreek</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cascadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cascadia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RiversOfVanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiversOfVanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCRivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCRivers</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/watershed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watershed</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MoodyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoodyMonday</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecological</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SocialBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialBC</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Courtenay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courtenay</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RiverRestoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverRestoration</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NatureRestoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatureRestoration</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WaterRestoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRestoration</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIslandHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIslandHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCMiningHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCMiningHistory</span></a></p>
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Ms. Que Banh<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/CowichanRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CowichanRiver</span></a> - there's salmon swimming in it but you can't really see them in vid.<br>Backroads access.</p><p>This is a major part of the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TwinnedWatershedsProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TwinnedWatershedsProject</span></a> - joining <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Koksilah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Koksilah</span></a> to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cowichan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cowichan</span></a> & <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Chemainus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chemainus</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/watersheds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watersheds</span></a>.</p><p>Learn more about the Twinned Watersheds Project:<br><a href="https://cowichanwatershedboard.ca/twinned-watershed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cowichanwatershedboard.ca/twin</span><span class="invisible">ned-watershed</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCRivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCRivers</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RiversOfVancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiversOfVancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCWatersheds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCWatersheds</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cascadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cascadia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ProtectWatersheds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectWatersheds</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rivers</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Streamkeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streamkeepers</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/KoksilahRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KoksilahRiver</span></a>, Xwulqw'selu Sta'lo', <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Watershed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Watershed</span></a> is located south of Duncan on <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> and lies within the traditional territories of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cowichan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cowichan</span></a> Tribes, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Malahat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malahat</span></a> Nation and other <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Koksilah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Koksilah</span></a> River originates on the slopes of Waterloo Mountain, southwest of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ShawniganLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShawniganLake</span></a>. It flows eastward for approximately 44 km before discharging into the Cowichan/Koksilah estuary. The watershed area is approximately 302 square kilometres. The main tributaries of the Koksilah River are Fellows Creek in the west, and Kelvin, Patrolas, Howie and Glenora creeks, which enter the Koksilah about 4-6 km upstream of the estuary in Cowichan Bay, which it shares with the Cowichan River. </p><p>The Cowichan and Koksilah <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rivers</span></a> were historically connected through side-channels where Duncan is currently situated. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Shhwuykwselu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shhwuykwselu</span></a> (which translates loosely to “Busy Place”) was a historical connection and intersection between the two rivers where people gathered before continuing up the Cowichan or Koksilah rivers. Today the place name Sh-hwuykwselu is still carried by a small lower tributary of the Koksilah River, and the name <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Xwulqwselu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xwulqwselu</span></a> is the name of a Cowichan village nearby.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCRivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCRivers</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RiversOfVancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiversOfVancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCWatersheds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCWatersheds</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cascadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cascadia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ProtectWatersheds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectWatersheds</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a></p>
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