Two days of events focused on opposing Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion proposal are set for this Saturday and Sunday.

The Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish First Nations will launch canoes from Ambleside Park in West Vancouver Saturday at 1 p.m. and perform a water ceremony in front of Kinder Morgan’s Westridge Terminal.

That’s the terminal from which the company hopes to increase the amount of crude oil being shipped out of the Burrard Inlet from 300,000 to 850,000 barrels a day.

Afterward, they will paddle to North Vancouver’s Cates Park and sign a declaration opposing the proposed expansion and increased supertanker traffic in the Port of Metro Vancouver.

“The magnitude of risk that it brings to this part of the world is something that doesn’t meet our goals and objectives,” Squamish Nation Hereditary Chief and elected Councillor Ian Campbell told Metro.

“Part of our strategy is to create more public relations and create awareness and inclusiveness of all citizens in this part of the province.”

On Sunday a coalition of community organizations will show support for the two nations by throwing a Save the Salish Sea Festival at Waterfront Park in North Vancouver.

Speakers will include renowned 11-year-old activist Ta’Kaiya Blaney, author and activist Naomi Klein, and Wilderness Committee campaigner Ben West.

Tsleil-Waututh spokesperson and former chief Leah George-Wilson said the community’s support is vital, because the pipeline is “everybody’s issue.”

“This declaration is historic. It’s two separate First Nations coming together with a common goal to protect waters that are sacred to both First Nations,” she said.

“It’s calling on people from all cultures to unite and protect our environment for future generations. The pipeline doesn’t only impact Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish (Nations), it impacts the entire Lower Mainland.”

Musical guests set to perform at the festival include 2010 Juno nominee and Canadian Aboriginal Music Award winner Wayne Lavallee, and Peak Performance Project runners-up the Boom Booms.

Kinder Morgan’s plan has yet to undergo a review by the federal National Energy Board.

-With files from Matt Kieltyka