The first thing to notice on Our World's first visit to Bella Bella is its gorgeous! Bella Bella is beautiful no matter if it rains or suns.
Cindy Neilson from the Youth Centre picked up the OW mentors at the airport and drove us immediately to leave our gear at the Bella Bella Community School - everyone is so wonderful and helpful. We even get to meet Jan Gladish the principal! Then off we go on a sailboat to leave Campbell Island and sleep in a sweet cabin on Denny Island. All accommodations are booked so we are lucky we found a place!
Notice the Eagle beak design detail of the school!
On the first Monday it is the all important Federal Election! And the Heiltsuk community are coming out in droves! OW is happy that Stephen Harper was kicked to the curb!
For three days we worked with the Grade 7 students creating an animation for R2R - we will screen this amazing film before the OW High School films - an incredible bunch of animators!
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| Mentor Tracy introduces animation while teacher, Patrick looks on |
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| Tracy and TA, Valentina, talks during recess |
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| The view from the Grade 7 window |
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| Students create animated credits to explore the fundamentals of animation. |
Our morning commute by sailboat from Denny Island, you can see Bella Bella in the distance. Bella Bella is on Campbell Island.
Here is where we wait for the seabus...the big off-white building on the right is the grocery story. The flat white building on the left is the library.
For the first time I have heard about this place and it seems to be a great place to visit for fun. There are good numbers of people that are willing to pay for visiting these types of places.
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