Sunset near Culuxw (Neck Point) Vancouver Island

Snuneymuxw Territory ( Nanaimo)
Nikkor N.C. (pre-Ai) 28mm 1:2 @ f/2.8 | GH5 4k60p@30p | Graded in Resolve
"The Snuneymuxw Coast Salish people fished and collected other food resources from spring to summer in the vicinity of Hammond Bay and Neck Point Park. The area was an important herring site and also rich in salmon, ling cod, and rock fish. Abundant clams, crabs, and oysters were harvested on area beaches and prawns were often fished off Horswell Channel. Neck Point is said to have been an important lookout site for the Snunyemuxw during times of warfare. From the point, large oceangoing canoes approaching from the north could be seen many miles out from shore. A young man was posted on the point, and would run back to warn villagers at Departure Bay. Taylor Beach and Jack Point were also important lookout sites. There is a large rock in the vicinity of Hammond Bay that, according to Snuneymuxw legend, has the ability to control the weather. The name for the man or location is Culuxw, meaning ‘straight, high bluff’ (The rock is the face of a man that was transformed to rock by Haals). As the story goes, if one puts water into one of Culuxw’s eyes, the wind will blow towards the north. If water is put into the other eye the wind will blow southward, ‘home’ to Departure Bay." - simonpriest.alt...