EPWIKEK is Mi’kmaw for Calm Waters, and in Nujio’qonik, Ktaqmkuk (Bay St. George, Newfoundland) this is a name for the community known as Flat Bay. It is also a reference to the waters between the peninsula of Sandy Point and the land along the southern shores of Bay St. George. This location for Shore2Shore covers a region that includes Muddy Hole in the east, Flat Bay East, Flat Bay West, St. Teresa and Journois.
Below is a schedule of events for the Flat Bay portion of Shore2Shore. Please note, however, that events and their times are subject to change.
Piskwa’/Come in
2:00–4:00PM (transportation dependent)
Soup4Supper and greetings
Kickoff Event
5:00–7:00PM
Matt Perrier – Leaving a Mark Interactive Art (Moose Hide) Project Begins
Attend Community/Band NIPD Events
Celebration “Revival of the Sacred Circle: 20 Years of Powwow in Flat Bay & 100 years of Cultural Resilience”
Medicine Walk
7:00–8:00AM
Join Elder Tuma Young on a walk in the community, to identify and discuss various medicines.
Breakfast
8:00–9:30AM
Opening
10:00AM–12:00PM
Elder White (Elder in Residence)
Matt Perrier (Artist in Residence)
Shaped by the Shore introduction.
Sara Langer (Visiting Artist)
Lunch
12:00–1:00PM
Finding Art, Telling Stories
1:00–3:00PM
Relational Storytelling Panel
Ivan J White
Community Presentations (TBD)
Erica Hurley (Relational Wellness/WATERR Lab)
Flat Bay Context
Moose Fire Festival
3:00–6:00PM
Chef D’Arcy Butler
Building on the work done by Ivan Sr. and Raymond Thomas on the health benefits of Moose, if prepared correctly we will create a festival where a Chef will assist in recipe building using fire (bbq, propane grill, open) to cook various cuts of Moose meat.
Breakfast
8:00–9:00AM
Flash Prose – fast, impromptu, and short format writing on the topic of your experience in community.
Boiled Dinner on Sandy Point
9:00AM–1:00PM
Travel by ATV to Sandy Point for stories about the many people who called the place home, followed by a traditional Newfoundland meal.
Invited Presenters Continue
1:00–3:00PM
Dale Jarvis (HeritageNL)
Megan Gail Coles (Poverty Cove Theatre Co.)
Panel Discussion
3:00–5:00PM
Ellie Joseph (Mohawk, Six Nations)
Ron Thomas (Haudenosaunee, Six Nations)
Patrick Michell (T’eqt’’aqtn’mux, Kanaka Bar Band)
Monique Manatch (Algonquin, Barriere Lake)
Supper Potluck
6:00–8:00PM
“Leaving a Mark” Reveal & Closing
8:00–9:00PM
Nmu’ltes/See you later
(TBD; transportation dependent)
In Mi’kmaq, we have no word for goodbye. So, during the final morning, we will say to our visitors, Nmu’ltes (nim-ul-tess), See you later.
Stay tuned to this page as we finalize our events, and in the meantime, check out what will be happening in Corner Brook and Norris Point during S2S 2026!