Overview

• The remaining structures were torn down Thursday near Tofino in a survivor-led ceremony, with demolition expected to continue for several days.
• Survivors threw rocks, used crowbars and operated machinery, with 66-year-old Bruce Lucas initiating the teardown in an excavator.
• The Ahousaht Residential School Research team organized ferry transport, a healing ceremony and on-site supports for those attending.
• Christie opened in 1900, later shifted operations to Tofino, and ran until 1983 under federal funding and Roman Catholic orders.
• The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation has recorded 46 children who died at Christie, within more than 4,100 deaths documented nationally.