About

They say there is no place like home.

And if you’re fortunate enough to live in Victoria, you know this is true.

But what is it about this small tip of the Island that makes it so different?

There are a multitude of histories and geographies that swirl in and around the Capital region, overlaping and dividing. What i want to do here is explore how some of these have looked.

Surrounded by endless ocean, mountain and forest, Victoria’s inhabitants cling to the regions along the ragged coastline where life is most live-able. A series of lagoons, harbours, bays and rocky headlands serrate the shores from Sooke to Saanich where people have lived for millennia. Although the representations that i can share here are limited to the past couple centuries, or so, the stories that they suggest are often much older. They point to a time in which giants still lived, in which a connection with the ancient past was still strong. But they do not represent that past.

Nor do i pretend to claim that they represent everybody’s pasts who lives in the area today. The images and words i use will naturally focus on the regions that i know best and reflect my own cultural point of view.

Of course.

But if any of it appeals to you, too, i would love to hear about it!

Who knows, maybe we could even live a new story.

Enjoy…

Ben