Article Toward a geography of foodways in the southern Gulf Islands, Pacific Northwest Coast Paul A Ewonus Department of Anthropology, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC, Canada Camilla F Speller Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Roy L Carlson Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada Dongya Y Yang Ancient DNA Laboratory, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada Abstract Fine-screen animal bone and Pacific salmon ancient DNA (aDNA) results from Northwest Coast shell midden sites, together with other kinds of material culture, can provide detailed information on foodways, site-specific activities, and sociality. Seasonal use of the landscape may also be revealed through an understanding of place in the southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia, Canada. New results from column sample faunal analysis at the Pender Canal site are considered in conjunction with previously identified fauna. Alongside site characteristics, zooarchaeological and aDNA species identification data are employed to help reconstruct activities that Corresponding Author: Paul A Ewonus, Department of Anthropology, Vancouver Island University, 900 Fifth Street, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5S5, Canada. Email: paul.ewonus@viu.ca North American Archaeologist 2020, Vol. 41(1) 3–32 ! The Author(s) 2020 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/0197693120916965 journals.sagepub.com/home/naa