K'omoks

On the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, Pentlatch ancestors of the K’ómoks and Qualicum peoples built wooden salmon traps across the tidal flats of K’ómoks Harbour. One surviving panel, made around the fifteenth century, has long wooden laths lashed to supports with plant-fibre cord. About seventy-eight such panels made up a winged chevron trap, guiding fish towards an enclosure as the tide fell.