September 1906 – still underwater: Aesthetic interventions as investigations into land theft, ecosystem erasure, real estate speculation, sea level rise, hazards & resurgence for the Skwácháy̓s / False Creek Flats neighbourhood of central Vancouver part of the unceded and overlapping territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations

archival, marsh & marine ecosystems (erasure & resurgence)

An urban plan that included Skwácháy̓s from 1906

Plan of Vancouver Harbour and False Creek, Vancouver, B.C., showing proposed improvements as outlined in Jos. R. Roy’s reports dated 15th Sept. 1906, Reference code: AM1594-: MAP 1161, Scale 1:18000, on file British Columbia Archives, Victoria

In this 1906 plan, Skwácháy̓s is central to the growing City of Vancouver. Lots on the north side have all been surveyed (though there was building on only a portion of these).