The Legendary Pristine Setting of Swaneset Bay Resort & C.C.

Old Pierre is a 75-year-old Katzie Indian. He has been a Medicine Man for a long time. He remembers much of the lore and tales of the tribes along the coast, memories that have become history. One of the legends dear to his heart is the tale of Swan-e-set.

Belief is that the Lord created not one couple, but groups of people scattered throughout his domain. For each of these groups he assigned a special leader. One group was placed high on a mountain, which rose above the lands and rivers. This was the group led by Swan-e-set, the "Supernatural Benefactor."

Swan-e-set often wondered about the Creator, what was he like? Then one day a hole opened up in the clouds and Swan-e-set thought he saw the face of God. He wanted so much to reach him, but how?

Then he had an idea. He would shoot arrows into the edge of the cloud to build a stairway to the Creator. He gathered his followers and amidst shouts of excitement, one arrow after the other flew off to build the heavenly ladder. Swan-e-set quickly climbed up and called the name of the Creator. The Lord met Swan-e-set and he was so pleased that he gave him his daughter to marry and a box to take back to earth.

Swan-e-set and his new wife descended to the ground. Swan-e-set looked back at the mountain and said: "I will be the only one to have seen the Creator."

Quickly he hurled six gigantic boulders against the mountain, shattering it. The fifth boulder struck the top of the mountain and knocked its upper part into the land north of Sturgeon Slough. This outcropping became known as "mark for generations to come."

Then Swan-e-set’s wife asked the followers from Pitt Meadows to gather. She opened the Creator’s box and out came the first Eulachons, which jumped into the river. Then came the sockeye salmon. The fish swam down the river and out to sea, to return each year, from then on.

The promontory on Swan-e-set Bay is the top of the mountain shattered by Swan-e-set. The remains of the original mountain base is now referred to as Sheridan Hill.