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Three Nations Gather to Celebrate Na̱max̱sa̱la’s First Journey
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On July 17, over 150 people gathered on the beach at Cape Mudge, on Quadra Island, to welcome paddlers bearing Na̱max̱sa̱la – a xwax’wa̱na canoe carved in the traditional way – on its 83-kilometre journey through the Johnstone Strait, which divides Vancouver Island from mainland British Columbia. Earlier that morning, Wei Wai Kum, We Wai