What are the opening hours?

Monday 8am - 4pm Tuesday 8am - 4pm Wednesday 8am - 4pm Thursday 8am - 4pm Friday 8am - 4pm

QENTOL, YEN / W̱SÁNEĆ Marine Guardians

Home
Canada
Saanichton, BC
QENTOL, YEN / W̱SÁNEĆ Marine Guardians

Call Directions Website

Ensuring W̱SÁNEĆ involvement in the protection and monitoring of the endangered Southern Resident killer whale. https://linktr.ee/qentolyen

Advocating for Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Science in policy making.

10/28/2026

Transport Canada is seeking public feedback for their 2027-2028 vessel management measures aimed at protecting Southern Resident killer whales.
Follow the link in our bio or below to read specifics about their proposed changes. Use your voice to advocate to Canada to maintain and enhance, not reduce, measures to protect SRKW. Provide your feedback through the link or send an email to [email protected]
Proposed changes include reducing the size of the Pender Island Vessel Restricted Zone (VRZ), maintaining status quo for the Saturna VRZ and other Speed Restricted/Reduction Zones.
The deadline to provide feedback is December 01, 2026.

https://consultations.tc.canada.ca/en/consultation/general-vessel-measures-2027-2028-protection-southern-resident-killer-whales

10/22/2026

A few still photos from our drone surveys of our kelp mapping! Our team is very excited to learn and share our journey on kelp mapping!

Our kelp mapping locations are Java Islets off of ṮEḴTEḴSEN (Saturna Island), S,DÁYES (Pender Island, Bedwell Harbour) and ĆTESEU (Darcy Island).

10/20/2026

Last week our team went out and met with the other W̱SÁNEĆ marine guardians and stewardship teams at S¸ELE₭TEȽ (Goldstream Provincial Park) to help with some river maintenance! The next day we met with the Goldstream Hatchery (hatchery crew) and did some fin clipping to identify the hatchery coho! We encourage others to check out the opportunities at the Goldstream Hatchery!

10/06/2026

SELEK̵TEL (Goldstream Provincial Park)

As W̱SÁNEĆ people, we follow the 13 moons. Each moon represents a time to harvest, time for ceremonies, and the moons can prepare us for weather changes as well.

As we transition out of ĆENQOLEW̱ (dog salmon return) (September/October), the coho and dog salmon are slowly returning to our rivers, but we need more rain for our salmon to make it to their spawning grounds.

The next moon we transition into is PEKELÁNEW̱ (Moon that turns the leaves white). This is when the frost comes and foliage fades and we prepare for the winter months.

09/30/2026

"Truth and Reconciliation Day means remembering our ancestors and all life of Mother Earth every day and taking action to ensure thriving culture and environment for future generations."
- Kusemaat – Shirley Williams

Read more about what Truth & Reconciliation Day means to members of our W̱SÁNEĆ community here: https://wsanec.com/truth-reconciliation-day-from-a-w̱sanec-perspective
̱SÁNECPROUD ̱SÁNEĆ ̱SÁNECLeadershipCouncil

09/11/2026

Fall is coming when fin clipping begins! 🐟
QENTOL,YEN works with the Goldstream Hatchery to clip the adipose fins of salmon fry, identifying them as hatchery reared for their entire lives, after they are released and make their way to the ocean. Distinguishing hatchery and wild salmon aids in tracking populations and protecting wild fish.

09/01/2026

Family bonds 🤍 Bigg's killer whale T049A3 tailing their tiny sibling. Can you spot their little fin?

08/04/2026

Watching from shore at TEḴTEḴSEN as the T046B1s hunted a sea lion and rode the wake from a tanker.

07/29/2026

Today was an amazing day for kelp mapping! We were very happy to join Malahat Nation’s Stewards with their kelp mapping in W̱SÁNEĆ (Salish Sea). We’ve been interested in mapping key areas of the remaining kelp forests we have, so having help and guidance from an amazing group of friends/family gives us a better understanding with our mapping projects!

07/27/2026

Very cool finds for the start of our summer monitoring in W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich Inlet)! We’ve deployed our BRUV (Baited Remote Underwater Video) and have come across SḴI¸MEQ (octopus), ȺYET (lingcod), ȻEȻOṮŚEN (red rock crab), SKÍ¸EKŚEN (dogfish) and many other little critters! Monitoring our homelands year round is so crucial to protect what we have left.

Address

800b Stellys Cross Road
Saanichton, BC
V8M1J4

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 4pm
Tuesday	8am - 4pm
Wednesday	8am - 4pm
Thursday	8am - 4pm
Friday	8am - 4pm

Telephone

+17783510111

Website

https://www.qentolyen.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when QENTOL, YEN / W̱SÁNEĆ Marine Guardians posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.