Saanich

Around the Saanich Peninsula and the neighbouring islands, W̱SÁNEĆ fishers used the reef net, or SX̱OLE, to catch migrating salmon. Set at places where fish passed through narrow waters, the net imitated the sea floor. W̱SÁNEĆ tradition tells of a young man who made the first net from willow bark and taught the people to use it; he was understood to be a salmon spirit in human form.

The later city of Victoria lies here.