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Hi Sust-mar,
My father, who is from BC, sent me this message about a book that sounds
quite amazing. It's based on the Pacific coast but I'm sure many
Maritimers would also be interested in the project. Also, I wrote to a
sust-mar subscriber whose contact information I have since misplaced about
the art show that preceded this book. Hopefully he'll read this message
and get the information he had wanted from it.
Does anyone know of any similar community mapping projects happening here
on the east coast?
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The Islands in the Salish Sea Community Atlas
The Islands in the Salish Sea Community Atlas is now in production, due to be
released in October 2005. This is the culmination of over five years of work
by well over 3000 people who live in a region we call the Islands in the
Salish Sea, also known as the Strait of Georgia. These beautiful and
innovative maps are extraordinarily different, encompassing many fields:
cartography, science, history, art and community planning. Their initial
creation, collection and showing in a traveling exhibition, and now their
publication in this atlas complete a three-stage undertaking - The Islands in
the Salish Sea Community Mapping Project.
This project began in 1999 on the eve of the Millennium, with a purpose to
record and map what is valued, vulnerable and cherished to the local
communities living in this popular area, considered one of Canada's most
endangered ecoregions. The seventeen island communities went through an
extensive community process, taking inventories and holding workshops to
gather information, which was then lovingly rendered by local island artists.
There are an additional six regional maps in the collection including: the
Island Relatives from the WSANEC (Saanich) Nation, Endangered Ecosystems,
Economic, Energy and Transportation, Protected Sites, and the Marine Map.
The remarkable collection was exhibited on 14 of the 17 island communities,
in Victoria, Vancouver and Sidney, BC. One person who saw the exhibition
remarked, "Haven't felt this way since my trip to the Louvre in 1970. Almost
more than the senses can handle."
These 30 beautifully rendered Artistic Community Maps will be displayed along
with the stories of their creation and selected details about these island
communities. Additional chapters are written by Sheila Harrington, Judi
Stevenson and Kathy Dunster with a Preface by Robert Bateman and Forward by
Briony Penn. They outline the power and nature of bioregional and artistic
community mapping, eloquently describe the community process that these
islands went through to arrive at these artistic portraits, and offer a
succinct and informative narrative on the history of the area.
The project and atlas is designed to provide both an example and to offer
inspiration to other communities in the hope that they will engage in this
dynamic process. The atlas also serves to document a remarkable and enduring
portrait of what is one of the most vibrant and naturally beautiful regions of
Canada. We believe that this book will serve as a powerful sequel to its sold
out and revised predecessor - Giving The Land a Voice, Mapping Our Home
Places. Linking science, art and local knowledge, the "Islands in the Salish
Sea Community Atlas" weaves personal commitments to community and conservation
together in an innovative and significant publication.
The book launch of the Islands in the Salish Sea Community Atlas will be
2:30pm on Saturday, October 29th to coincide with a final exhibition of all
30 original maps October 29th - Nov 4th at ArtSpring, Salt Spring Island.
Please call Karen Hudson 250-538-0112 for further information or to order a
copy. Note that with pre-payment a copy will be sent to you for $45.00
including postage - only if received before August 31st. After this date,
full rates plus postage will apply. We hope to see you at the exhibition
and launch!
Send a cheque to: Land Trust Alliance of BC, 204-338 Lower Ganges Road, Salt
Spring Island, BC, V8K 2V3
Published by Touchwood Editions and The Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia.
Karen Hudson
The Land Trust Alliance of BC
204 - 338 Lower Ganges Road
Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2V3
Tel: 250-538-0112
www.landtrustalliance.bc.ca
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