Canoe Journey

There is an annual canoe journey here. Indian tribes from all over the penninsula, Canada and Alaska gather and row together. We saw them in Port Angeles and watched the ceremony as they come ashore. It was really pretty neat and the boats were amazing!

The newspaper reported that over 70 boats came into port that day.

The craftsmanship on some of the canoes was amazing and others were painted up to tell of their particular tribe.

When they come into shore they circle around before coming into land. Then they state who they are, what tribe they are from and ask permission to come ashore.

I did my best to get a recording of one of the groups coming ashore. This particular group did a little chant before speaking.

To see more about this canoe journey you can go here .