11-25-2020, 01:42 AM
Actually, that's where my wife went during the 2018 eruption. We have a home on Salt Spring Island, where most of the Kanaka population resided. Unfortunately, like so many other cultures, assimilation pretty much drove the Hawaiian influence into the ground. Other than Kanaka Road, Kanaka Skate Park, and Kanaka dinghy dock, there's not much evidence of Hawaiian influence any more. There are some graves, and I think a plaque on St Pauls church, built by the Kanaka and the oldest and still functionong church on the island. There is also the Kanaka house on Russell Island, a national park just a short kayak ride away. And if you look hard enough, you can find a car with a bumper sticker that says "Salt Spring, the Hawaii of Canada".