Here you’ll find resources on the Squamish Nation and settler history of Nex̱wlélex̱wm / Bowen Island.
Websites & Organizations
- Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation)
- Nex̱wlélex̱wm – See this page on our site for information about the Squamish name for this island, Nex̱wlélex̱wm, and the name sign created, installed, and blessed in 2020.
- A Short History of Bowen Island – from the Bowen Heritage website. This article covers Bowen Island history from the initial Squamish Nation origins, through European arrival, early settlement, and the steamship era, through to today.
- Bowen Heritage Website and Bowen Heritage Youtube Channel
- Bowen Island Museum
- Bowen Island Conservancy’s Discover Kwilákm — history and nature of Kwilákm (Deep Bay/Mannion Bay)
- Old General Store (Bowen Library Building) information page
Books
See our full booklist “Books on Nex̱wlélex̱wm / Bowen Island” in our catalogue for many more titles on historic and current Bowen Island/Howe Sound.
- Bowen Island, 1872-1972 by Irene Howard
- Bowen Island: Reflections by Edith Anstey Hanen & Bowen Island Historians
- Whale in the Door: a Community Unites to Protect BC’s Howe Sound
by Pauline Le Bel - Echoes of the Whistle: An Illustrated History of the Union Steamship Company
by Gerald A. Rushton - Bowen Island Passenger Ferries: the Sannie Transportation Company 1921-1956 by Peter D. Ommundsen