Whey-Ah-Whichen ...

… is the First Nations name for the park where this totem pole resides.

Cates Park, Dollarton Hwy., 
North Vancouver

Northwest Carvers

This totem is housed, along with two others, in the lobby of the Trade and Convention Centre.
Originally they stood in Stanley Park but were relocated to avoid further exposure to the elements.

Gitxsan Pole, 1972

by Art Sterritt

Long House

I don't get out to UBC too often. 

On this evening I wandered over to the Museum Of Anthropology.

If we didn't know better we might imagine this was a scene from a remote location up the coast.

Totems 2

Totems in Stanley Park, again.

Totems

It's not an Olympics related theme. Most of the Olympic action is downtown and I'm disinclined to go down there if I don't have to.

Here's a post I prepared a while back. My guess is that the totems are getting a much higher tourist count with so many visitors in town.

The totems in Stanley Park are a huge tourist draw. In summer they come here by the busloads (they have their own parking lot)

For decades I've avoided going anywhere near them. But on a January morning, somewhat desperate for more photos, I ambled over.

Although I'm sure it was a fluke, even on that day there was a major video production taking place with what I'm guessing was one of the carvers.

Totem

It's not much of a trick to find totem poles around Vancouver. This one is at UBC.