Tansy visits Kiixin again 2
Dawn
The sun rose on a beautiful day…
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Hike
…the crew had a half hour hike from the parking lot down to the village site, (which hasn’t been lived in since the 1880’s)…
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Recording form
…but once there, they all got straight to work!
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Fallen House Beam
They used electronic forms to collect data…
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House elements
…every house feature has a name and number, and each existing roof beam or house pole also has it’s own identity. This will make it easier to record future changes.
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Lunch Break
They took a little break…
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House Post
…and got back to business. Tansy is peeking out over an old house post which has become enfolded in the buttress roots of a spruce tree.
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Another house post, encased
This spruce tree has almost completely encased this house post…
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Post expelled
…and this third house post has been expelled from the growing spruce tree roots (Tansy is sitting on the remains of the post).
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evening
After a long day’s work, Tansy and the crew relaxed back at the guest house, resting sore muscles and planning the next day’s work!
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Quimper Hittys 
I love Tansy’s adventures with her Favorite Photographer. Thank you so much for inspiring us in this wonderful record of important work! ❤
I love them too – I will go with them one of these days!
Well done to all those (including Tansy!) who work to care for the site and the history.
They all work so hard, documenting and recording information, guiding visitors, and keeping the site safe. It’s important work, and meaningful – Tansy feels so lucky to be able to help!
Beautiful place, I loved all photographs, Thank you, Love, nia
The place is so beautiful – my husband takes great photos!
You’ve given us more insight into recording and determining the past and it’s inhabitants. I would assume the age of those spruce trees growing up and around the house posts would help figure out the age when the house may have been abandoned? no doubt there are many factors that go into such work. Hooray for archaeologists, photographers, etc., helping us understand a bit of the past and those who walked those areas.
Fortunately there are historical records about when the village was last lived in! Knowing when the houses were built is more difficult to determine without causing damage to the existing structural elements which are already vulnerable. There are people working on it though!
You can see why they chose to build there in the first place.
It is a very beautiful spot, but I think access to resources was the important thing for the inhabitants of the village.
Tansy and her intrepid photographer are such adventurers!! Great photos. So nice to see Tansy in the field again. Love her sweater
Tansyand the F. P. were so happy to get out to one of their favourite places…her sweater is in the style of the local Cowichan First Nations, and very warm and comfortable!
I love how nature reclaims and absorbs a dwelling. Thank you for taking the time to annotate the photos.
It has been so interesting to see the way the old village has changed and blended into the surroundings! You are welcome – I think of it as though the photos tell a whole story, but not everyone knows the language, and knowing more of the story is more interesting!