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Now retired Staff Sergeant Ed Hill of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) was a participant and organizer of the well-known VisionQuest Journey of 1997 that took place down the West Coast of British Columbia. This journey included RCMP officers and First Nation peoples visiting the many First Nation communities down the coast of BC. Ed Hill knew the benefit of police officers working with the First Nation community and began to plan another canoe journey for the year 2001. This time the road traveled would be the Fraser River. The focus of the journey was to improve the police relations with the First Nation communities. The RCMP sent out an invitation to all the police agencies in British Columbia requesting participation in the worthwhile endeavor.

Hundreds of years ago, the North and West Coast First Nations people used the dug-out cedar canoes as their transportation on the waterways in British Columbia. The canoe served many purposes such as traveling, hunting, mobility and warring with other tribes. After settlement, the use of the canoes slowly disintegrated as with the First Nations culture. After many years, slowly the culture and traditions of First Nation peoples were re-kindled. Many different nations started to re-build and bring back the life of the canoe. Today, the canoe is used in the old ways of travel from village to village, as seen with the Tribal Journeys of today. (Late 1990's)
"The Pulling Together experience builds relationships, bridging the gap through communication and hard work amongst today's youth. The journey is one of goodwill, cultural experience and learning, with the Fraser River being both the "teacher" and the "highway" we have travelled"