Hello there and welcome to the JamesBay.org blog. For the time being I’ll be sharing this space with Reed Kirkpatrick, who will be blogging about the natural history in and around James Bay. But, we’re hoping to add other contributors on a variety of topics in the near future.

I'll be writing about the history of the James Bay, but this is not just a blog about history. It’s a blog about learning history. I’m not going to stand on a pedestal and preach the truth. Instead I want to ask questions and raise problems that come up in my own exploration of the past. I hope you will share in the learning process. I am always looking for unique stories, photographs, books, and anything else that can shed some light on how we got to where we are today. Or, if you have any questions about the history of James Bay, leave a comment, or send me a note, and I’ll do my best to find an answer.

I plan to eventually write about anything and everything that happened in James Bay in the past. A tall order I know, so to keep things simple I guess I will start at the beginning. I’ve already started reading about the first peoples who settled on the Southern coast of British Columbia, and I’m on the look out for any sort of archeological studies, or ethnographical and historical accounts of the Songhees people who lived in and around James Bay. If you are interested and or knowledegeable in this area I would be more than happy to hear from you.

Joel Legassie,
Editor, History and Culture
joel[at]jamesbay.org