A canoe representing the Hoh Tribe approaches the beach on Lower Elwha Klallam territory on Sunday. Canoe teams will set out Tuesday for their next stop at Jamestown Beach near Sequim for an overnight stay hosted by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. Pullers arriving in Port Townsend on Wednesday will greeted by representatives of the Lower Elwha, Jamestown and Port Gamble S’Klallam tribes. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

A canoe representing the Hoh Tribe approaches the beach on Lower Elwha Klallam territory on Sunday. Canoe teams will set out Tuesday for their next stop at Jamestown Beach near Sequim for an overnight stay hosted by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. Pullers arriving in Port Townsend on Wednesday will greeted by representatives of the Lower Elwha, Jamestown and Port Gamble S’Klallam tribes. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Canoe journey

A canoe representing the Hoh Tribe approaches the beach on Lower Elwha Klallam territory on Sunday.

Singers welcome an incoming canoe from the beach on Lower Elwha Klallam territory near the mouth of the Elwha River on Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Singers welcome an incoming canoe from the beach on Lower Elwha Klallam territory near the mouth of the Elwha River on Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

A canoe from the Quinault Nation is pulled from the water after its arrival at the Lower Elwha Klallam Reservation west of Port Angeles on Sunday. They were part of the 2023 Paddle to Muckleshoot canoe journey, which is expected to gather tribal paddlers from throughout Canada and Washington state and end July 30 on Alkai Beach in West Seattle. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

A canoe from the Quinault Nation is pulled from the water after its arrival at the Lower Elwha Klallam Reservation west of Port Angeles on Sunday. They were part of the 2023 Paddle to Muckleshoot canoe journey, which is expected to gather tribal paddlers from throughout Canada and Washington state and end July 30 on Alkai Beach in West Seattle. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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