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Tourism Museum - 223mSaint Ann's Schoolhouse Elliott Street Square Museum - 231mThunderbird Park - Royal British Columbia Museum Douglas Street, 638 V8V 2P8 Victoria Outdoor collection of replica totem poles & historic buildings including a convent & carving studio. Museum - 362mRoyal BC Museum Belleville Street, 675 V8W 9W2 Victoria Phone: +1-250-356-7226 Email: reception@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-18:00 Museum - 243mHelmcken House Elliott Street Square Touristic Attraction - 257mThe Mungo Martin House Douglas Street, 680 Travel Agency - 563mFive Star Whale Watching Humboldt Street, 645 Phone: +1 250 388-7223 Artwork - 131mNight is for Sleeping, Day is for Resting Douglas Street Artwork - 303mStory of Raven Elliott Street Square Artwork - 237mDr. John Sebastian Helmcken Elliott Street Square Artwork - 203mHaida Pole, 1954 Douglas Street It was raised by a man named Checkgath around 1880 as a memorial to his wife and shows some of Checkgath’s family crests. The original pole is now in the entrance lobby of the RBC museum. Artwork - 235m - Douglas Street, 680 Artwork - 228mKwakwaka'wakw Honouring Pole, 1999 Douglas Street, 680 It is dedicated to the Coast Salish people on whose ancestral lands Thunderbird Park is located, and honours the Hunt and Whonnock (Wanukw) families of the Kwakwaka’wakw carvers. Artwork - 220mGitxan Pole, 1960 Douglas Street Several old poles were removed for preservation from Gitanyow (formerly known as Kitwancool) in 1958 and replaced by replicas. This is a version of the pole named Skim-sim and Will-a-daugh belonging to Chief Wiha (Wee-kha, Ernest Smith), Artwork - 228mGitxsan Pole, 1954 Douglas Street The original pole stood in the village of Gitseguekla (Skeena Crossing) on the upper Skeena River. It was carved around 1900 in memory of a chief known as Wistis Artwork - 197mHaida Pole, 1966 Douglas Street The original pole stood at t’anuu ‘llnagaay (eelgrass town) in front of a house named House that Makes a Noise, a large six-beamed house owned by Gwiskunas, a member of the Those Born at Qadasgo Creek lineage of the Raven clan of the Haida. Artwork - 218mGitxan Pole, 1954/2 Douglas Street The original pole was raised jointly by two chiefs, Tu’pesu and Wawralaw, in 1855 or 1885 at Gitseguekla (Skeena Crossing) Artwork - 187m - Douglas Street Empty spot Artwork - 367mShaker Burdett Avenue Artwork - 275mKwakwaka'wakw Pole, ca 1981 Douglas Street, 638 The original pole in the A’wa’etłala village of Dzawadi in Knight Inlet had five figures but only the top three were acquired by Charles F. Newcombe when he visited the site in 1913. The original pole was erected in Thunderbird Park in 1941 (RBCM 1859). Artwork - 270mThunderbird Douglas Street, 680 Originally carved in 1979, the pole was recently brought down for conservation treatment.
Hunt repaired and repainted it, and the Royal BC Museum took the opportunity to relocate it. Artwork - 285mHaida Pole, 1984 Douglas Street, 638 This pole was raised on June 9, 1984, in front of the new carving studio in Thunderbird Park. It is a version of an original pole that stood in front of a house named Rock Slide House in hlqin7ul ‘llnagaay (Cumshewa), Artwork - 249m - Douglas Street, 680 Artwork - 257mKwakwaka'wakw Heraldic Pole, 1953 Douglas Street, 680 The original poles were moved to inside storage and replaced by replica versions carved by Martin and others working under his direction, including Henry Hunt and Hunt’s sons, Tony and Richard. Artwork - 373mKwakwa̱ka̱'wakw Totem Pole Belleville Street Touristic Information - 324mLandmark Victoria Teacher Strike Michigan Street Connected streets List of streets and squares connected with
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