Study finds impacts of colonization destroyed nearly 90% of Burrard Inlet food ecosystems

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A view of ships and tankers sailing along the waters of Indian Arm, taken from Burnaby Mountain. Taken April 2017.

A new research partnership between the University of B.C. and Tsleil-Waututh Nation indicates impacts of colonization, including smallpox, overfishing and industrialization, destroyed nearly 90 per cent of the food systems and sources in the Burrard Inlet in Metro Vancouver over a period that extends from 1750 to 1980.