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The Lions are two of the most famous mountain peaks in Canada. But they have a much, much older name that's tied to a story from long before the city was founded. HELP US MAKE MORE VIDEOS W/ PATREON: https://goo.gl/2tGNNp CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/iZAYjf TWITTER: www.twitter.com/thisiscanadiana INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/thisiscanadiana FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/thisiscanadiana WEBSITE: www.thisiscanadiana.com DONATE ONCE W/ PAYPAL: www.paypal.me/thisiscanadiana MERCH: https://goo.gl/SPwzqn French subtitles by: Murielle Cayouette (thank you so much!) Read the full story of “The Two Sisters” as told to Pauline Johnson by Joe Capilano here: https://www.legendsofvancouver.net/two-sisters-vancouver-bc This episode, maybe even more than any other we’ve done so far, relied on collaboration beyond our little team. We want to thank Stefany Mathias so much for reading the passage from “The Two Sisters”. As we mention in the episode, she’s the great-granddaughter of Joe and Mary Capilano and one of sixteen hereditary chiefs of the Squamish Nation. She’s also an actor who you might know from shows like DaVinci’s Inquest and Longmire. It’s a dream come true to have her read that passage. You can follow her… On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefany_mathias/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/stefanymathias And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Artist/Stefany-Mathias-151092856074/ If you’d like to learn more about the history of the Squamish Nation, they share a bit more about it on their website: http://www.squamish.net/about-us/our-history/ We were also honoured to be guests on the territory of the Six Nations near Brantford, Ontario, while we were filming at Chiefswood. Pauline Johnson’s birthplace and childhood home is a national historic site now, which you can visit yourself: http://www.sixnationstourism.ca/chiefswood-national-historic-site/ The Six Nations shares a bit more about the history of the Haudenosaunee on their website, too: http://www.sixnationstourism.ca/chiefswood-national-historic-site/ Since the episode's release, there has been more attention paid to 'Gassy' Jack and, unfortunately, we missed a disturbing aspect of his history. Namely, pedophilia and abuse of Squamish girls he forced into marriage with him: https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2020/08/01/Tearning-Down-Monumental-Mistakes/ Johnson loved Vancouver’s natural surroundings, and spent long hours exploring the city’s waters in her canoe. She even did a little renaming of her own while she was there: coming up with a new moniker for a little tidal bay that has been turned into a permanent lake in Stanley Park. The Squamish called it Ch'ekxwa'7lech; the settlers called it Coal Harbour; Johnson wrote a poem about it called “The Lost Lagoon” and that’s still the name it’s known by today. Fun fact: Johnson was the very first Canadian woman to appear on a stamp. And just a few years ago, she was one of the five women picked as finalists when the government was deciding who to feature on the new $10 bill. (They eventually picked Viola Desmond, who might be in your wallet right now.) We’d also like to thank the family of Ben Lim. He’s the North Vancouver artist who did the illustrations for the 1961 edition of Legends of Vancouver, which is an absolutely gorgeous little book. We’re thrilled to have been able to use his art in our episode. Sadly, he passed away in 2016, but he left a remarkable artistic legacy behind, including extraordinary ceramic sculptures of the wildlife of the West Coast: http://doodlebugdabblings.blogspot.com/2016/08/artist-ben-lim-inspired-animal.html And finally, we’d like to thank the Seymour Gallery, as well. They’re a not-for-profit who’ve been bringing art, performances and education programs to North Vancouver since 1985: https://www.seymourartgallery.com/ Those giant old trees that used to tower above the forest floor in the places where Vancouver’s glass skyscrapers now stand weren’t only coveted by the city’s own settlers. Some of them were chopped down to be sent off to China on the order of the Celestial Emperor of China. He used them to make huge beams — dozens of them — which are now part of the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Beijing’s Forbidden City. You may also know that gate by its Chinese name: The Tiananmen. And if you’re interested in Chinese gates, then oh boy, do we ever have an episode for you: https://youtu.be/twlFQUvB1aY. Oh, and while we’re at it, we’ve also got an episode about King Edward VII — the monarch that Joe Capilano petitioned on his trip to London. Or, at least, about a statue of the king that stands in a park outside the Ontario legislature in Toronto, but which used to stand outside a 400 year-old fort half a world away: https://youtu.be/0JtZ8Kf8_wg *Correction: the photo shown at 4:40 is of the Kwakwakaʼwakw of Northern Vancouver Island/mainland area. We regret the mistake and aim to avoid similar ones at all costs in the future.