The evergreen road, wet and luminous, was the magic carpet upon which my husband wove our rental SUV between ancient rock faces and around fuzzy mountainsides of virginal pines. All along, a parade of glacier-capped points rising out of the silvered Salish Sea escorted us north, away from Vancouver and toward the promise of peaks groomed into the snowy ski slopes of Whistler Blackcomb, Canada’s largest ski resort town.
The gobsmacking beauty of this winter journey to Whistler had started before we even left Vancouver proper. Then a sign jumped out at me. “Wait!” I exclaimed, “Did you see that?” It was a standard green notice indicating the distance in kilometers to destinations ahead. But, instead of only English town names, it listed Squamish and (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh), Whistler and (Sḵwiḵw). The First Nations language of this region was displayed on a road sign. As an American, I’ve never seen a Native American language written in public anywhere. This acknowledgment, sadly, felt to me as novel as seeing a grizzly bear walk down the road. The dual-language signs are one step in Canada’s important Truth and Reconciliation journey.
I spent the remaining two hours of our British Columbia drive eagle-eyed, looking for more Indigenous signage. They felt like an invitation to learn more and a reminder that there is deep meaning in all these natural features, and compelled me to dive into a Google rabbit hole where I found a YouTube explainer on pronunciation that treated me to an earful of Sea to Sky Highway roadsigns read by a Sḵwx̱wú7mesh individual. I later learned the translations aren’t one-to-one. Take the Sea to Sky Highway we were on: In Squamish, its transportive name is Átl’ka7tsem, meaning, “paddling up the sound.” It’s practically the start to a story. And that’s exactly the point.
“When people hear our stories, see our languages on signage, taste our traditional foods, and visit sacred and historical sites, they’re engaging in a meaningful exchange—one that fosters respect, understanding and appreciation for the original peoples of these lands,” says Talaysay Campo, a member of the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh) and Sechelt (Shíshálh) Nations and co-founder of the region’s Talaysay Tours, alongside with her mother, Candace Campo.
Thanks to the Campo family and quite a few others, I discovered there are many meaningful ways to engage with First Nations cultures while visiting the rich Sea to Sky Corridor stretching from Vancouver to Whistler, especially in the most inclusive ski resort (and mountain bike park) in North America.
Note: Whistler is the unceded traditional territory of the Lil̓wat7úl (Lil’wat) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) peoples who have called it home for time immemorial. Vancouver is on the
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