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Xwísten Experience Tours

Traditional Fishing Rock & Archaeological Village Tours

Available June—September

Xwísten Experience Tours - 2019 Season

TOUR COMPONENTS:

Fishing Rock: The fish rock tour includes a walking tour along the Xwísten (Bridge River) fishing grounds where the St'at'imc people still fish every summer to gather their salmon for the winter. A demonstration is provided of how the St'at'imc wind dry salmon which includes cutting the salmon and preparing the salmon for hanging for wind drying, a sample of the wind-dried salmon is provided.

S7ístken Site Tour: The archaeology site tour guide will provide a short walking tour of the archeological village, home to over 80 cultural depressions. This site is currently being studied by the University of Montana and we are able to share the history they are learning about the site with our tours. During the summers of 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2016 they actively excavated and studied Housepit 54. They have now completed their excavation and we are hoping to find funding to be able to showcase the excavation. Our community has rebuilt one of the S7ístkens (pithouses) and the tourists can enter the pithouse and see what one of our traditional winter homes on the site would have been like.

BBQ Salmon Meal: The meal includes a serving of Fraser River salmon cooked over the BBQ, rice, salad, asparagus, bannock, and bottled water. The dessert is a traditional treat of whipped soapberries (sxúsum).

TOUR PRICES (5% GST to be added to all prices)

Full Package (approximately 3 hours)

Fishing Rock and S7ístken Site Tour plus BBQ Salmon Meal

Adults   $70.00 each plus GST
Children (6 - 12)   $65.00 each plus GST
Seniors (55+)   $65.00 each plus GST

Fishing Tour Package (approximately 2 hours)

Fishing Rocks Tour plus BBQ Salmon Meal

Adults   $55.00 each plus GST
Children (6 - 12)   $50.00 each plus GST
Seniors (55+)   $50.00 each plus GST

Fishing Tour Package (approximately 1 hour)

Fishing Rocks Tour only

Adults   $30.00 each plus GST
Children (6 - 12)   $25.00 each plus GST
Seniors (55+)   $25.00 each plus GST

S7istken Site Tour Package (approximately 1 hour)

S7istken Site Tour only

Adults   $25.00 each plus GST
Children (6 - 12)   $20.00 each plus GST
Seniors (55+)   $20.00 each plus GST

GROUP DISCOUNTS

10 – 19 people   10% off
20 – 29 people   15% off
30 – 50 people   20% off
50+ people   25% off

 

Children aged 0 - 5   Free with a paying adult
Tour Guides/Bus Drivers   Free with a group of 4+
Education Groups   Please contact us for discount prices!
St'at'imc Members   $20.00 off fish tour packagages
Receptive Tour Operators
& Travel Trade
  Please contact us for net rates!

HOURS OF OPERATION:

Generally we are open June 1st to September 30th annually. We are open 7 days a week during these months with one exception; we are closed Labour Day in September.

June   10:00 am to 7:00 pm
July     9:00 am to 8:00 pm
August     9:00 am to 8:00 pm
September   10:00 am to 7:00 pm

We can accommodate groups in April and May but we need at least one week notice for the booking.

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