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PKOLS (also known as Mt. Douglas)

4550 Cordova Bay Rd and surrounding area, Victoria, British Columbia
http://www.saanich.ca/parkrec/parks/mt-doug/about.html

Mount Douglas is a prominent, 260 m hill in Greater Victoria, British Columbia. It is located on the ancestral lands of the Saanich and Songhees people.

The original name was PKOLS [pq̕áls], used by the aboriginal Saanich and Songhees people. English colonizers changed the name for the second governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island, Sir James Douglas, In 2013, a movement was started to reestablish its original name. The Reclaim PKOLS movement has appealed to the BC Geographical Names Office for a formal name change. There has yet to be an approval of this petition. On May 22nd, 2013, a new "PKOLS" sign was brought to the top of the mountain by a group of WSANEC and Lekwungen chiefs, joined by several hundred supporters

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  • so beautiful
    guestBook Guestbook/ kikameeka/ Nov 24, 2015 so beautiful

    I cried at least three times when I reached the top because I was so happy

  • Explore150 photoSpot Snapshot/ kikameeka/ Nov 24, 2015
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    guestBook Guestbook/ kikameeka/ Nov 24, 2015 so beautiful

    I cried at least three times when I reached the top because I was so happy

  • Explore150 photoSpot Snapshot/ kikameeka/ Nov 24, 2015

Mount Douglas is a prominent, 260 m hill in Greater Victoria, British Columbia. It is located on the ancestral lands of the Saanich and Songhees people.

The original name was PKOLS [pq̕áls], used by the aboriginal Saanich and Songhees people. English colonizers changed the name for the second governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island, Sir James Douglas, In 2013, a movement was started to reestablish its original name. The Reclaim PKOLS movement has appealed to the BC Geographical Names Office for a formal name change. There has yet to be an approval of this petition. On May 22nd, 2013, a new "PKOLS" sign was brought to the top of the mountain by a group of WSANEC and Lekwungen chiefs, joined by several hundred supporters

4550 Cordova Bay Rd and surrounding area, Victoria, British Columbia
http://www.saanich.ca/parkrec/parks/mt-doug/abo...
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