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Camosun Bog began 5000 years ago when a heavy block of ice collapsed and created a land depression. It initially became a lake, then turned into a swamp, and then finally into what we know as a bog. In 1929, the City of Vancouver built water drains at the site of Camosun Bog, so they needed to do so because of the housing crisis across Vancouver. Water drains also rendered the bog a very dry area. Hemlock trees started to rise, and in 1991 they agreed to cut a number of trees down and lower the land. Tons of Sphagnum Moss were cultivated, and the bog continues to be preserved with their farming activity. They have a community of people who come to preserve and rebuild the bog every single week and get it back to what it was over 50 years earlier. These volunteers usually include high school students and some who attend the Prince of Wales Secondary School. Without the volunteers, the Bog wouldn’t be what it is now, because they’ve invested an incredible 30,000 hours into the work they’ve performed on the Bog. The Pacific Spirit Park Association is partnering with the City of Vancouver on a conservation scheme. They support tremendously and accommodate their volunteers to the greatest of their ability.
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Musqueam Pole at UBC
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Camosun Bog is a significant part of the history of Musqueam and Musqueam peoples. If the Bog shrinks, that implies that the Bog has been depleted for urbanization purposes, removing what western society terms “unusable” ground for non-cultural activity. Elder Larry Grant questions, “Why would you drain a bog that carries so much life?” As it sinks and shrinks, it ultimately erases any traces of Musqueam’s narrative, eradicating cultural memory. Larry Grant asks for the Bog to grow in size and the plants to keep growing, as it remains a teaching tool for all people to show the value of the Bog. The Bog is built in such a way where you can just walk through and absorb the nature.
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