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  Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area Reserve, and Haida Heritage Site

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  • Legacy Pole

    • The story of the Gwaii Haanas Legacy Pole
    • Photo gallery 1: Carving
    • Photo gallery 2: Carving
    • Photo gallery 3: Pole raising
    • Photo gallery 4: Community celebration

Photo gallery 3: Pole raising

  • A Haida canoe arrives at Hlk’yah GawGa (Windy Bay) in Gwaii Haanas for the pole raising on August 15, 2013
  • Many people welcome the new arrivals to the shore
  • Boats of all sizes lined Windy Bay as people arrived for the pole raising on August 15, 2013
  • A Haida supernatural being, Gaagixiid, is chased from the site before the ceremony begins
  • Parks Canada chief executive officer Alan Latourelle, flanked by hereditary chief Gidkun Reg Young (left) and Haida president Peter Lantin (right), addresses the crowd
  • The carvers look out towards the crowd before the pole raising ceremony begins
  • The carvers, Jaalen Edenshaw (front), Gwaai Edenshaw (middle) and Tyler York (back) dance with their tools before the pole is raised
  • Elder Diane Brown blesses the pole
  • Men help move the pole into position before it is raised
  • Four lines of people, two in the front and two in the back, help pull the pole up
  • Final directions are given to ensure the pole is straight and erect
  • The carvers gaze up at the standing pole
  • Haida president Peter Lantin (third from left) and Parks Canada CEO Alan Latourelle (fourth from left) are flanked by the Archipelago Management Board members who are standing in front of the pole they commissioned to celebrate 20 years of cooperative management in Gwaii Haanas

 

A Haida canoe arrives at Hlk’yah GawGa (Windy Bay) in Gwaii Haanas for the pole raising on August 15, 2013

A Haida canoe arrives at Hlk’yah GawGa (Windy Bay) in Gwaii Haanas for the pole raising on August 15, 2013
© Parks Canada / J. Shafto

 

Many people welcome the new arrivals to the shore

Many people welcome the new arrivals to the shore
© Parks Canada / J. Shafto

 

Boats of all sizes lined Windy Bay as people arrived for the pole raising on August 15, 2013

Boats of all sizes lined Windy Bay as people arrived for the pole raising on August 15, 2013
© Parks Canada / B. Hilgeman

 

A Haida supernatural being, Gaagixiid, is chased from the site before the ceremony begins

A Haida supernatural being, Gaagixiid, is chased from the site before the ceremony begins
© Parks Canada / J. Shafto

 

Parks Canada chief executive officer Alan Latourelle, flanked by hereditary chief Gidkun Reg Young (left) and Haida president Peter Lantin (right), addresses the crowd

Parks Canada chief executive officer Alan Latourelle, flanked by hereditary chief Gidkun Reg Young (left) and Haida president Peter Lantin (right), addresses the crowd
© Parks Canada / J. Shafto

 

The carvers look out towards the crowd before the pole raising ceremony begins

The carvers look out towards the crowd before the pole raising ceremony begins
© Parks Canada / J. Shafto

 

The carvers, Jaalen Edenshaw (front), Gwaai Edenshaw (middle) and Tyler York (back) dance with their tools before the pole is raised

The carvers, Jaalen Edenshaw (front), Gwaai Edenshaw (middle) and Tyler York (back) dance with their tools before the pole is raised
© Parks Canada / J. Shafto

 

Elder Diane Brown blesses the pole

Elder Diane Brown blesses the pole
© Parks Canada / J. Shafto

 

Men help move the pole into position before it is raised

Men help move the pole into position before it is raised
© Parks Canada / J. Shafto

 

Four lines of people, two in the front and two in the back, help pull the pole up

Four lines of people, two in the front and two in the back, help pull the pole up
© Parks Canada / J. Shafto

 

Final directions are given to ensure the pole is straight and erect

Final directions are given to ensure the pole is straight and erect
© Parks Canada / J. Shafto

 

The carvers gaze up at the standing pole

The carvers gaze up at the standing pole
© Parks Canada / J. Shafto

 

Haida president Peter Lantin (third from left) and Parks Canada CEO Alan Latourelle (fourth from left) are flanked by the Archipelago Management Board members who are standing in front of the pole they commissioned to celebrate 20 years of cooperative management in Gwaii Haanas

Haida president Peter Lantin (third from left) and Parks Canada CEO Alan Latourelle (fourth from left) are flanked by the Archipelago Management Board members who are standing in front of the pole they commissioned to celebrate 20 years of cooperative management in Gwaii Haanas
© Parks Canada / J. Shafto
Date modified :
2018-03-29

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