Songhees Walkway
Resilient Coasts for Salmon Project:
Green Shores for Shoreline Development Demonstration Site
As part of the Resilient Coasts for Salmon (RC4S) project, the Stewardship Centre for BC and Pacific Salmon Foundation partnered with Peninsula Streams Society, the City of Victoria, the Ralmax Group of Companies, Salish Sea Industrial Services, and the Songhees Nation and Esquimalt Nation to develop a Green Shores demonstration site at the Songhees Walkway Pocket Beach.
The Songhees Walkway demonstration site is located in Victoria, on the southeastern Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is within the traditional territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) People, known today as the Songhees Nation and Esquimalt Nation.
First site visit to Songhees Walkway Pocket Beach Green Shores for Shoreline Development Demonstration site in 2021. Photo by Peninsula Streams Society.
Using a Green Shores® nature-based approach, restoration of this pocket beach will include planting with native vegetation, removal of non-native armoured rock and application of beach nourishment to reclaim the ecological and cultural values of the site. This approach will stabilize the backshore against erosion, prevent coastal squeeze, ensure restoration of vital nutrient and sedimentary processes which support all five important salmon species found in this area: chinook, coho, sockeye, chum and pink.
The project is undertaken with the financial support from the Environment and Climate Change Canada, Climate Action & Awareness Fund.
Songhees Walkway Project Updates
Learn more
Visit the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s Resilient Coasts for Salmon project website to learn more and find opportunities to get involved. Learn more about Green Shores on the Stewardship Centre for BC’s pages.
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