From Earth to Ocean: Stories from Gwaii Haanas

Parks Canada has identified the waters around Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site (Queen Charlotte Islands) as a potential national marine conservation area reserve. To present the stories of Gwaii Haanas, Parks Canada has partnered with The Vancouver Aquarium to offer a unique speaker series open to the public.

For more information about the proposed Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve, please visit Parks Canada's website: www.pc.gc.ca/gwaiihaanasmarine

Lyle Dick & Dr. Norm Sloan: “Sea Otters of Haida Gwaii: Icons of Human-Ocean Relations”

Norm and Lyle share their fascinating exploration of the history and ecology of the sea otter on Haida Gwaii over the last two centuries. Learn about what the ecosystem would have been like at the advent of the fur trade, and the implications of fur trade harvest on the abundance of sea otters.

Daryl Fedje & Nicole Smith: “Finding Ancient Shorelines”

On the Northwest Coast the interface between land and sea sustains human life. Hear how Parks Canada archaeologists Daryl and Nicole have used sea-level reconstruction to find ancient archaeological sites dating to over 10,000 years old and about underwater archaeological projects that uncover traditional Haida resource harvesting features in the intertidal zone.