Qualla: Qualicum First Nation https://qualla.com/qualicum-first-nation en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:12 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/z/3/qualicum-first-nation-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Qualicum First Nation https://qualla.com/qualicum-first-nation Qualicum First Nation: Introduction https://qualla.com/qualicum-first-nation/ Photo credit HighInBC Attribute to Ryan Bushby, CC BY-SA 2.5. The Big Qualicum River empties into Qualicum Bay on Vancouver Island's east coast, and at its mouth sits the reserve of a nation whose name the river carries. The Qualicum First Nation has 128 members, making it one of the smaller band governments in British Columbia. As of the 2016 census, only 74 people lived on the reserve itself. Those numbers are easy to overlook on a map dominated by the resort town of Qualicum Beach next door. But the name Qualicum, which means "where the dog salmon run" in the Coast Salish language, predates any resort, any town, any colonial boundary. It describes the ecological fact that has defined this place for thousands of years: the salmon come here.

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]]> Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/z/3/qualicum-first-nation-wp/c0z3-qualicum-first-nation-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Qualicum First Nation: Where the Salmon Run https://qualla.com/qualicum-first-nation/ Photo credit HighInBC Attribute to Ryan Bushby, CC BY-SA 2.5. The Qualicum First Nation belongs to the Coast Salish peoples, the broad cultural and linguistic group that has occupied the coastal lowlands and islands of the Pacific Northwest since time immemorial. Their traditional territory centers on Qualicum Bay and the river systems that...

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]]> Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/z/3/qualicum-first-nation-wp/c0z3-qualicum-first-nation-where-the-salmon-run.mp3 0:06 2 full Qualicum First Nation: A Treaty's Shadow https://qualla.com/qualicum-first-nation/ Photo credit HighInBC Attribute to Ryan Bushby, CC BY-SA 2.5. The Qualicum First Nation's history is inseparable from the Douglas Treaties, a series of agreements signed between 1850 and 1854 by James Douglas, then governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island, and various First Nations bands. These treaties were among the few negotiated in Br...

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]]> Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/z/3/qualicum-first-nation-wp/c0z3-qualicum-first-nation-a-treatys-shadow.mp3 0:06 3 full Qualicum First Nation: Oceanfront, Open Seasonally https://qualla.com/qualicum-first-nation/ Photo credit HighInBC Attribute to Ryan Bushby, CC BY-SA 2.5. Each summer, the Qualicum First Nation opens a campground on part of their oceanfront reserve, one of the few campgrounds on Vancouver Island with direct ocean views and full RV hookups. The campground closes each fall, following the same seasonal rhythm that once governed the sa...

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]]> Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/z/3/qualicum-first-nation-wp/c0z3-qualicum-first-nation-oceanfront-open-seasonally.mp3 0:06 4 full Qualicum First Nation: Small Numbers, Deep Roots https://qualla.com/qualicum-first-nation/ Photo credit HighInBC Attribute to Ryan Bushby, CC BY-SA 2.5. With 128 registered members, the Qualicum First Nation is easy to miss in the broader landscape of British Columbia's 200-plus First Nations. But size does not measure significance. The name Qualicum appears on the river, the beach, the town, the national wildlife area, and the b...

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