A Re-Interprative Tour of the Burnt Bridge Loop Trail
Interpretive signs on the burnt bridge loop trail have historically focused on Alexander Mackenzie’s voyage, making little note of indigenous history, voice, and perspective. As a response the grade 7 students under the guidance of Kim Baglot, their teacher, at Acwsalcta school created a re-interpretive tour in 2019, interviewing knowledge keepers, conducting research, and weaving their experiences with the landscape along the Burnt Bridge Loop Trail. Inspired by their work, this site seeks to create an interactive educational map, or deep map, that can be contributed to and used locally by Nuxalk people, accessed online informally by tourists, and formally by K-12 classrooms as per our new BC curricular expectations/mandates.
The “depth” of this map takes the form of indigenous self-representation, by including Nuxalk experience, storytelling principles, and voice. This site is populated with permission from Nuxalk knowledge keepers and youth and is thus an authentically indigenous educational tool.