2003 - Bark stripped redcedar in Lost Valley

This bark-stripped redcedar was documented durng the 2003 St at imc/Wilderness Committee photo expedition into the Lost Valley, located near Seton Portage, BC. The St at imc people, and other First Nation people throughout BC value redcedar bark as a resource for building shelters, clothing, rope, mats etc. Redcedar bark was most often stripped from trees without killing the tree, so evidence of bark harvesting can often last for centuries as a scar on the long lived redcedar tree.