Canada: B.C. clam garden restoration revives millennia-old First Nation food source
Archaeological evidence shows a clam garden being restored east of Campbell River during the spring and summer of 2024 has been in use for nearly 4,000 years
By Alistair Taylor
Cranbrook Daily Townsman
Sept 21, 2024
Excerpt:
On a calm August morning, cheerful voices, friendly banter and the sound of rock clunking on rock echoes through the mist and evergreen-drenched hillsides of a beach off the coast of central Vancouver Island – much like they have for thousands of years.
The sounds come from a community effort underway to restore a loxiwe or clam garden which is an ancient and sophisticated form of mariculture that increases the productivity of clam beds. For thousands of years up and down the northwest coast of North America, Indigenous people tended these gardens which involve building rock walls in suitable tidal areas and creating terraces. Rocks are then cleared out of the terraces and prime clam habitat is created. Like all gardening, it provides a sustainable and predictable food source for communities.
The practice of clam gardening goes back thousands of years. In the clam garden being restored east of Campbell River during the spring and summer of 2024, the archaeological evidence indicates it has been in use for nearly 4,000 years.
The practice was interrupted by colonization but a resurgent interest in clam gardens from the archaeological community has been accompanied by a resurgence of cultural knowledge as well as the practicality of restoring a traditional and productive food source.
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/canada-b-c-clam-garden-restoration-revives-millennia-old-first-nation-food-source/
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