Help Start Haida Tide a cultural tourism business

origin story
Haida tides business comes from a concern I had one day as I looked upon Towhill beach and it was packed with folks on the beach with their trucks and other vehicles. I saw the place where Haida People have Gathered food for generations being heavily trafficked by tourists who have a different outlook upon this beautiful landscape. I predict more and more tourists coming and I would like to do something about it. I want to solve the problem by providing a means of transportation to access the beach and enjoy all that it has to offer without having a heavy impact on the ecosystem.

Haida Tide is a cultural eco-tourism business located in northern Haida Gwaii. We provide electrical bike rentals, guided tours, and cultural knowledge of the area. I will be using the gofundme funds to start my business this spring- buying bikes, safety equipment, cargo trailer, and maintenance equipment.

 

Haida Tides’ mission is to spread knowledge to tourists to be eco-friendly and culturally aware to have a small footprint on the land and to help curve the economy towards celebrating our land not taking from it. I want our tours to be teaching tourists and providing them with the best tour experience. The best way to enrich your experience on Towhill beach is to learn on our tours and harbor respect for the land around us.

 

 

The happiness and fulfillment I feel when Haida tide can contribute to a positive future for a sustainable economy on Haida Gwaii is what drives me forward and is what I believe will have greater value in my life than material things. I want to create a company in which Haida people can collect income and put food on their table without participating in the economic model that extracts resources from our abundant land. I want Haida Tide to actually create a positive outcome for the environment around us. I want to eventually give back to Haida Gwaii by making a percentage of my revenue go towards missing indigenous women, a green power grid for the island, and funding for Haida culture practice. This is my guiding light that is never going to fade, this is what pulls me through any challenges and hardship I face, this drive never dies within me.
 
covid 19 has highly impacted my business and I have been unable to open for the last two seasons. The covid relief that indigenous and non-indigenous businesses received was unattainable by Haida Tide as I had not opened it before the pandemic started.