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T6 ⎮ TORONTO STAR SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2017 ON ON2 >> TRAVEL INSIDE AN INDIGENOUS ARTS HOTEL “Skwachays” is the traditional name of the area at the head of False Creek, where spring waters once flowed and attracted elk, sturgeon and salmon, and where bog cranberries and wild rice once flourished. Now the name, pronounced skwatch-eyes, adorns Skwachays Lodge, an Aboriginal hotel and gallery that sits on West Pender St. where Vancouver’s Gastown, Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside meet. By Jennifer Bain The rooms: “Arrive as a guest, leave as a friend,” urges the envelope that contains my room key fob and welcome letter. Six First Nations artists working with six interior design firms created 18 unique rooms here and mine was #507, the King Salmon Suite and the work of artist Richard Shorty and Porada Design. “People, like salmon, will always return home, even if it means swimming upstream against all odds,” the hotel explains. Shorty’s bold Spawning Salmon painting over the bed’s headboard is the centrepiece here to tell you to pay your respects to the king of fish and remember that you can call this place home. The art gallery: “There’s a lot of interest in Indigenous culture and the original history of Canada,” explains general manager Maggie Edwards on a tour of the Skwachays Lodge Aboriginal Art Gallery, which is in the lobby between the reception desk and welcome room. “Coast Salish art is very popular and people want to make an impact with their money.” Most of the artists set their own price in this Fair Trade gallery, but pricier works are sold by consignment. The gallery represents several hundred artists. The totem: No other urban Canadian hotel can boast of a dramatic 12-metre totem pole on its roof. I could actually touch the bottom of the Dreamweaver Pole from my balcony. It’s a story pole, topped by three watchmen that act as the lodge’s sentinels and guardians. It features a raven (symbolizing creation and knowledge) holding and protecting the light of the moon, a man (signifying that this story is about the work being done by man), an eagle (far-seeing) and a bear (strong and protective). Inside the hotel, the floors have also been themed as important animals — raven, eagle, bear, wolf and orca. The food: The hotel is across from the International Village Mall and steps from all kinds of great restaurants, like Save On Meats, but start the day with the free grab-and-go breakfast in the Kayachtn (the Salishan word for welcome) Room. There’s bannock and other baked goods by Skookum Catering to eat at the communal totem table with its beaver house image by Haida artist Eric Parnell. You can lounge by the fireplace and TV and drink free coffee, tea and Vivreau water (hot, cold and sparkling) any time. There’s also regional wine and Canadian craft beer. The extras: Skwachays has all the boutique bells and whistles, such as plush linens, Plasma HD TVs, free Wi-Fi, Bluetooth audio docking stations, in-room safes, Spirit Bear Coffee and toiletries by Mother Earth Essentials. The sixth floor is home to a rooftop sweat lodge and offers Indigenous smudge room ceremonies where locals and visitors can purify their bodies and spirits by burning sacred plants. My favourite touch: “Chasing my dreams” and “soaring with the eagles” doorknob tags to say whether you’re sleeping or out exploring and want the room made up. Rooms run $189 to $249 during peak season, and $129 to $189 during off-peak season. Suites are $275 to $370. Jennifer Bain was hosted by Tourism Vancouver and Destination B.C., which didn’t review or approve this story. The backstory: Your travel dollars will be well spent at Skwachays Lodge, which proudly describes itself as “Canada’s first Aboriginal arts hotel” and a “boutique hotel that is making a difference.” It was previously a healing lodge but opened in its current incarnation in 2014, as a social enterprise that’s run by the Vancouver Native Housing Society. Profits from the hotel and adjoining art gallery are plowed into subsidizing 24 artists who live and work within the lodge. CRAIG MINIELLY/AURA PHOTOGRAPHICS CRAIG MINIELLY/AURA PHOTOGRAPHICS JENNIFER BAIN/TORONTO STAR CRAIG MINIELLY/AURA PHOTOGRAPHICS CRAIG MINIELLY/AURA PHOTOGRAPHICS JENNIFER BAIN/TORONTO STAR www.sunmedholidays.com 2055 Dundas Street East Mississauga Ontario 1-800-263-0858, 416-234-0774 & 905-238-3193 TICO: 3030457/3090828 SPRING AND FALL 2017 PORTUGAL/SPAIN/ITALY Free Seminars on Portugal/Spain/Italy Jun 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th 2017 Call to RSVP ALGARVE 2018 .... 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T6⎮TORONTO STAR SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2017 ON ON2
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INSIDE AN INDIGENOUS ARTS HOTEL“Skwachays” is the traditional name of the area at the head of False Creek, where spring waters once flowed and attracted elk, sturgeon and salmon, and where bog cranberries and wild rice once flourished. Now the name, pronounced skwatch-eyes, adorns Skwachays Lodge, an Aboriginal hotel and gallery that sits on West Pender St. where Vancouver’s Gastown, Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside meet. By Jennifer Bain
The rooms: “Arrive as a guest, leave asa friend,” urges the envelope thatcontains my room key fob and welcomeletter. Six First Nations artists workingwith six interior design firms created 18unique rooms here and mine was #507,the King Salmon Suite and the work ofartist Richard Shorty and Porada Design.
“People, like salmon, willalways return home, evenif it means swimmingupstream against all odds,”the hotel explains. Shorty’sbold Spawning Salmonpainting over the bed’sheadboard is thecentrepiece here to tell youto pay your respects to theking of fish and rememberthat you can call this placehome.
The art gallery: “There’s a lot ofinterest in Indigenous culture andthe original history of Canada,”explains general manager MaggieEdwards on a tour of the SkwachaysLodge Aboriginal Art Gallery, whichis in the lobby between thereception desk and welcome room.“Coast Salish art is very popularand people want to make an impactwith their money.” Most of theartists set their own price in thisFair Trade gallery, but pricier worksare sold by consignment. Thegallery represents several hundredartists.
The totem: No other urban Canadianhotel can boast of a dramatic 12-metretotem pole on its roof. I could actuallytouch the bottom of the DreamweaverPole from my balcony. It’s a story pole,topped by three watchmen that act asthe lodge’s sentinels and guardians. Itfeatures a raven (symbolizing creationand knowledge) holding and protectingthe light of the moon, a man (signifyingthat this story is about the work beingdone by man), an eagle (far-seeing) anda bear (strong and protective). Insidethe hotel, the floors have also beenthemed as important animals — raven,eagle, bear, wolf and orca.
The food: The hotel is across fromthe International Village Mall andsteps from all kinds of greatrestaurants, like Save On Meats, butstart the day with the freegrab-and-go breakfast in theKayachtn (the Salishan word forwelcome) Room. There’s bannockand other baked goods by SkookumCatering to eat at the communaltotem table with its beaver houseimage by Haida artist Eric Parnell.You can lounge by the fireplace andTV and drink free coffee, tea andVivreau water (hot, cold andsparkling) any time. There’s alsoregional wine and Canadian craftbeer.
The extras: Skwachays has all theboutique bells and whistles, such asplush linens, Plasma HD TVs, free Wi-Fi,Bluetooth audio docking stations,in-room safes, Spirit Bear Coffee andtoiletries by Mother Earth Essentials.The sixth floor is home to a rooftopsweat lodge and offers Indigenoussmudge room ceremonies where localsand visitors can purify their bodies andspirits by burning sacred plants. Myfavourite touch: “Chasing my dreams”and “soaring with the eagles” doorknobtags to say whether you’re sleeping orout exploring and want the room madeup. Rooms run $189 to $249 during peakseason, and $129 to $189 duringoff-peak season. Suites are $275 to$370.
Jennifer Bain was hosted by Tourism Vancouver and Destination B.C., which didn’treview or approve this story.
The backstory: Your travel dollars will be well spent atSkwachays Lodge, which proudly describes itself as “Canada’sfirst Aboriginal arts hotel” and a “boutique hotel that ismaking a difference.” It was previously a healing lodge butopened in its current incarnation in 2014, as a social enterprisethat’s run by the Vancouver Native Housing Society. Profitsfrom the hotel and adjoining art gallery are plowed intosubsidizing 24 artists who live and work within the lodge.
CRAIG MINIELLY/AURA PHOTOGRAPHICS
CRAIG MINIELLY/AURA PHOTOGRAPHICS
JENNIFER BAIN/TORONTO STAR
CRAIG MINIELLY/AURA PHOTOGRAPHICS
CRAIG MINIELLY/AURA PHOTOGRAPHICS
JENNIFER BAIN/TORONTO STAR
www.sunmedholidays.com2055 Dundas Street East Mississauga Ontario1-800-263-0858, 416-234-0774 & 905-238-3193 TICO: 3030457/3090828
SPRING AND FALL 2017PORTUGAL/SPAIN/ITALY Free Seminars on
Portugal/Spain/ItalyJun 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th 2017
Call to RSVP
ALGARVE 2018 .... SEAT SALE / 10 DAYS....FROM 1519 / 17 DAYS...FROM 1729Airfare + CAR + 6 nights FLY-Drive staying 4 * hotels & Pousadas BB + 3 or 9 nights 1 bed apt Algarve.
Sundays departures. JAN & FEB 2018 Taxes & fees included.
ALGARVE LONGSTAYS 201817 DAYS - 23 DAYS - 30 DAYSVISTA MARINA****
1749 • 2049 • 2399
PLAZA REAL***1399 • 1699 • 1899
Features: Airfare + VIP Transfer + CAR + 1bed Apt + Maidservice & taxes and fees.Sunday departures Jan, Feb & Mar 2018
CROATIAFLY DRIVE...SPRING/ FALL 20172 weeks.......STARTS AT.......2359
VISITING:ZAGREB/ZADAR/SPLIT/
DUBROVNIKFeatures: Airfare + Car + 14 nights first class hotels bb.
Plus All taxes and feesDepartures May/Jun/Jul/Sep & Oct 2017
TUSCANYFLY DRIVE...
SPRING/FALL 20172 weeks.......STARTS AT.......2499Features: Airfare + Car + 14 nights 4****1 bed Apt
In FLORENCE OR PISA and All taxes and FeesDepartures: April/May/June/September/October 2017
GRAN CANARY PLUS MADEIRA AND TASTE OF LISBON 17 DAYS.......STARTING....2599Features:. AIRFARE + 7 Gran Canary + 5 Madeira + 2 Lisbon + transfers 3 & 4 * hotels • Lisbon City Tour etc + Taxes & fees. Weekly departures from Oct until Mar 2018.
NEW .......SICILY...... FLY DRIVE......FALL 2017...............2WEEKS FROM....................2349Features: Airfare + Car + 14 nights hotel 3 & 4 stars BB & All taxes and fees. Dep. SEP 18/24 Oct 02/09/16 & 23/2017
At Senior Discovery Tours, we take care of all the details, big and small, soall you have to do is enjoy our beautiful world. As Canada’s largest andmost trusted operator of escorted tours and cruises for the mature traveller,what people have loved most over our 40-year history is how carefree ourtrips are.
That’s because, unlike many tour operators, we include everything:flights, airport transfers, sightseeing excursions, accommodations, most
meals, tipping, taxes, and travel insurance. We’ll even pick you up anddrop you off at home from most Canadian cities.
Our travellers also rave about our Tour Managers, who go to the endsof the earth to make sure your trip runs smoothly and that everyone has agreat time.
To start planning your trip, call our toll-free number and speak to oneof our helpful travel experts, or visit our website for more information.
1.800.268.3492 SeniorDiscoveryTours.ca
DEVON AND CORNWALL15 Days • Departs September 14
Fully comprehensive tour to Britain’s Southwest. Bath,Cornwall, Torquay, Newquay, Dartmoor, Winchester and more.
Includes Air Canada flights, 1st class hotels, full breakfast daily,12 dinners, a pub lunch and traditional Cream Tea.
$5,197 p.p. double from Toronto
BARCELONA AND CATALONIA14 Days – Departs September 19
Value-packed tour to Barcelona, Monserrat, Girona,Costa Brava and Tarragona. Includes Air Canada Rouge
flights, 1st class hotels and breakfast and dinner(with wine) daily.
$4,997 p.p double from Toronto
Reg
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