TheAhousaht Wildside Heritage Trail is a hikingtrail onFlores Island,British Columbia, Canada in Ahousaht Traditional Territories that connects the town ofAhousat, the village ofMarktosis, to several beaches and wild forest and is 11 km (6.8 mi) long one way ending in Cow Bay.[1] The trail features signage at locations important to theAhousat people; further information about each location of importance is shared in a guidebook published by Elder Stanley Sam.[2]
The trail began as aFirst Nations women'secotourism initiative to secure steady jobs and income for the people of theAhousaht First Nation and was created by manual labour in 1993. The trail office was re-opened in 2010 as a non-profit operation dedicated to job creation within the Ahousat community, as well as ongoing stewardship by Ahousat of lands used by their people for thousands of years.[3][4]
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