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Legacy Pole
Photo gallery 3: Pole raising
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
© Parks Canada / J. Shafto
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Many people welcome the new arrivals to the shore
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Boats of all sizes lined Windy Bay as people arrived for the pole raising on August 15, 2013
© Parks Canada / B. Hilgeman
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A Haida supernatural being, Gaagixiid, is chased from the site before the ceremony begins
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Parks Canada chief executive officer Alan Latourelle, flanked by hereditary chief Gidkun Reg Young (left) and Haida president Peter Lantin (right), addresses the crowd
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The carvers look out towards the crowd before the pole raising ceremony begins
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The carvers, Jaalen Edenshaw (front), Gwaai Edenshaw (middle) and Tyler York (back) dance with their tools before the pole is raised
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Elder Diane Brown blesses the pole
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Men help move the pole into position before it is raised
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Four lines of people, two in the front and two in the back, help pull the pole up
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Final directions are given to ensure the pole is straight and erect
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The carvers gaze up at the standing pole
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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
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Date modified :
2018-03-29