In 1808, a group of exhausted, disoriented fur traders paddled into a tense standoff on this exact bend of the Fraser River — and walked away with dried salmon and a canoe, traded for a metal file and a kettle. That single exchange was the visible tip of something much bigger: a trade currency so effective it may have passed hand to hand across an entire continent, from the Pacific coast to Cree territory near James Bay. In this episode, we trace st'wan — wind-dried salmon — from the dip-net fishing grounds near Lillooet, through the grease trails and trade networks of the Pacific Northwest, to the modern fishery still defended and practiced by St'át'imc communities today.

🎙️ Canuckly S02E13 — "St'wan: The Fish That Built an Economy"

• Cold Open — A Fish That Could Cross a Continent
• 1808: Simon Fraser's Encounter on the Fr ...