SALISH SEA

Salish Sea
Introduction
The Salish Sea is where the Coast Salish people traveled all along the British Columbia West Coast waters, as well as the American waters from Lummi-Washington, Seattle-Washington, Port Angeles-Washington, Neah Bay-Washington right down to the California Coastline on different size traditional Coast Salish canoes. Using the marine waters, rivers and streams as we would recognize today as a main highway. Along our travels year round we would harvest animals, mammals, plants and trees. The Western Red cedar is highly valued for canoe making and carving, other trees were the Large Leaf Maple and Yellow Cedar, the Coast Salish people valued all of the surrounding natural resources from the sea and land, stopping at stationary and seasonal camps.
Harvesting from the Marine Waters:
Finfish	Crustaceans	Echinoderms	Mollusks
lingcod Various rock cod Pacific Salmon Pacific herring/roe halibut/flounder	Crabs Shrimp Prawns	Red urchin Green urchin Sea cucumber	Clams Blue mussels Scallops Oysters Octopus
Harvesting from the Land:
Animals/Birds	Trees	Plants/Fruit/Vegetables	Birds
Deer Bear Elk Cougar	Red Cedar Yellow Cedar Large Leaf Maple Alder Douglas Fir	Berries Cherries Wapato Various Roots	Grouse Ducks Geese
Salish Sea Coast Salish Canoes Coast Salish Carvings

Salish Sea