He needed people would be loyal to Britain to bolster British control of Vancouver. He was Sir James Douglas, a mixed-race man from Guyana. In 1858 a few hundred African Americans were invited to settle in Victoria, B.C. Here we will hike the Chilkoot and the Dawson Overland sections of the Great Trail.īritish Colombia. They too hiked up the Chilkoot Trail, on their way to dig for a golden future. There were Black miners in the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896. Here is a quick overview of how the Great Trail connects to Black history in each Canadian province and territory: There will be regular articles on the blog about the progress of the trip. As the hike is across Indigenous land, the trip will honour the owners of Turtle Island in each province.ĭon’t worry, all the logistical details will be posted on social media. It could be for the first few steps of the hike or for its entire length of that section. So in each province there will be a call out for Black and other people of colour to join me on a hike. So how will this work? Well, in the summer of 2020 I want to explore the massiveness of Canada and how its geography shaped Black history. Yet I have learned from experience that if daydreaming leads to planning, things can happen. Hiking the Great Trail is just wishful thinking at this stage.
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In other words, how to make the outdoors a more welcoming place for Black people – whether in outdoors recreation, conservation or environmental advocacy. My thesis is called the Perception of the Wilderness in the Black Canadian Imagination. This will be my graduation present for finally finishing the PhD in 2020.
Just a section in every province where it connects to Black history.
Who wants to join me in hiking the Great Trail? No, not all 24,000 kilometres of the trans-Canada trail.
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