DiscoverTotems

Petroglyphs are not totems but they are interesting.  The history behind them are filled with meaning worth exploring.  This section is dedicated to the petroglyphs as we find them.

Definition: petroglyphs ~ drawings or carvings, usually on the surface of rock or caves, created by past civilisations

Haley at the Pender Harbor pole outside the Copper Bay Cafe (2008-11-09)!

This Squamish welcome figure is visible from the Lions' Gate bridge and can be seen from multiple locations on English Bay and from Stanley Park. We hid a geocache here and come here often to walk the dogs. It was carved by Sekwilm Siyan Sintl', Stan Joseph Jr., assisted by Wesley Nahanee and William Nahanee.This Welcoming Figure was raised at the first K'aya'chtn (gather of ocean canoes). The Squamish Nation dedicated this figure n July 25th, 2001 with a prayer to Welcome/Guardian Woman in gratitude to all our grandmothers.

Annie & Haley with pugs

This week, we decided to hide a geocache at the totem pole in Horseshoe Bay Park - as it seems we are spending alot of time travelling on the ferries this summer! Anne & Haley help me pick a hiding spot for this cache. This pole was carved by Chief William Jeffery and his son Rupert; dedicated in 1975 and depicts the Early History of the Great Northwest Coast Tsimshian Indian Nation.

Helping to hide the geocache
Conjurers Pole

Found in the market in Ottawa, On.