About the community
Malahat First Nation is a Coast Salish First Nations community living on traditional lands on the western shore of Saanich Inlet, Vancouver Island in BC.
The Malahat Nation’s traditional territory is rich in natural resources. And the community’s origin story ties humans to their ancestral land, and their oral history includes creation stories about mountains, deer, and blue jays, as well as what happens when humans forget their obligations to nature. Malahat environmental activism aims to restore depleted species, including from years of overfishing and from being settled in the 1700 to 1900s.
The community responded to Covid-19’s economic changes by focusing on community projects that develop their economy.
The chief and council focus on good governance and community engagement, to create opportunities, a stable economy, employment, health, education, expanding boundaries, and to build Malahat culture for future generations.
About the library
Write to Read BC installed its seventh library here. Sponsors included Rotary Club of South Cowichan (Mill Bay), and Britco Structures (now Boxx Modular).