The Folklore That Defied Belief
The current locals of the rainforest, the Heiltsuk People, are believed to be the first people to ever live there. They had always claimed that the very first members of their tribe hailed from the Ice Age and lived in the same place.
Credit: Keith Holmes/Hakai Institute
However, researchers and archaeologists never believed this claim, because it defies rational belief, and seems preposterous. Why? Because during the Ice Age, most of Western Canada was covered by glaciers and since the island is not far off the coast of Canada, admittedly, it’d be covered too.