Afterwards we went to White rock. Once we got there we all broke up into different groups & went for lunch. Most of us walked the 2 1/2klm long promenade following the railway & out onto the 1,500 foot long pier. It was a mild day, overcast but no rain.
Originally we were suppose to go in July but the bus broke down & we rescheduled for this date. In a way it was a good thing as we were having a heat wave that week & the weather was unbearable. Blessing in disguise for us. But today was perfect.
The large, white rock figures prominently in narratives of the local Coast Salish native peoples. One legend holds that the Transformers, emissaries of the Sagalie Tyee, the Creator, once passed. Another legend holds that the white rock marks the landing spot of a stone that was hurled across the Strait of Georgia by a young Indian chief.[4] It was said that he and his bride would move from Vancouver Island to wherever the rock landed to make a home together. It was their descendants who became the Semiahmoo first nation. ('Semiahmoo' is the Coast Salish word for 'half-moon', describing the shape of the bay
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