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The 2019 image for our Keeping It Living Campaign is a photograph we are calling “Looking Up” by Eiko Jones. It features a ladder scaling the 440 meter steel wall of the Kus-kus-sum site. The wall has been nicknamed “the killing wall” due to its use by seals to prey efficiently on salmon which must pass by it on their migration out to the ocean as smolts and again on their way up the Puntledge, Morrison and Tsolum rivers to spawn. The shot was taken underwater looking up the ladder.
In addition to this being an intriguing photo from a unique perspective, it speaks to where we are in the fundraising campaign to purchase and restore the Kus-kus-sum site. We still have to raise $170,000 from the community before the end of the year in addition to the millions we need to garner from other sources.  However, our community has coalesced around us – the goal is in sight and we are climbing the ladder together.

• Over 2700 people have contributed to the Kus-kus-sum initiative.
• We have raised over $1 million.
• The Estuary Angel is matching the next $100,000 of community donations.
• We have a variety of funding applications of the go.
• It is looking up.

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Looking Up – Eiko Jones
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Looking Up – Eiko Jones
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The Keeping It Living photograph will be used in our 2019 campaign media and be made into art cards and prints that we will give away as a token of our appreciation for donations. Paper prints will be made of this image to accompany donations of $150 or more, canvas prints will be made to accompany donations of $1000 or more. Please note that due to CRA rules a deduction is made for canvas prints.  Donate now to get one of the first prints of this image.
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The Keeping It Living Campaign is run every year to raise funds and awareness for the protection and restoration of the K’ómoks Estuary. In 2018, the Comox Valley Photographic Society donated 25 photographs that were shown at Part I of “A Year in the Estuary”.  Out of the 25 photos Eiko Jones’s “Looking Up” won the Keeping It Living Award and the Peoples Choice Award went to Bryan Walwork’s “Kayaking”. “View from the Little Hill” by Bruce Johnstone and “Waiting on the tide” by Norm Prince deserve special mention as they tied for runners up. Keep your eyes peeled for Part II of this photographic look at our beautiful estuary. The photos can be viewed and purchased on our Online Store.
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View from the Little Hill – Bruce Johnstone

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Waiting on the tide – Norm Prince

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