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Legacy Pole

The Legacy Pole, carved by Jaalen Edenshaw, was erected at Hlk'yah Llnagaay in Windy Bay (Hlk'yah GaawGa) on Lyell Island in 2013 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the creation of the 1993 memorandum of agreement creating the 1,495-square kilometre Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site. The agreement followed an acrimonious standoff between Haida citizens and environmentalists protesting the clear-cut logging of the old-growth forests on Lyell Island (Athlii Gwaii). The raising of this pole marks the first time in 130 years that a memorial pole was raised in the Gwaii Haanas region. Top to bottom: Eagle; Three Watchmen; Dog, Marten, Visitor; Waasco (sea wolf); Sacred One; Raven; 5 Good People; Grizzly; Sculpin.

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  • Haida pit house with blown down trees, fallen beams and mosses and salal Kuuna Llnagaay, Gwaii Haanas, BC
  • Sitka deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) grazing next to a leaning potlack pole, K'uuna Llnagaay, Gwaii Haanas, BC
  • Sitka deer
  • Sitka deer
  • Remains of mortuary poles, K'uuna Llnagaay (Skedans), Louise Island, Gwaii Haanas, Haida Gwaii, BC
  • Regeneration
  • Return to earth
  • Survivng salal plants
  • Two for one
  • Legacy Pole
  • Detail of Legacy Pole, sculpin, girzzly and 5 good people , Hlk'yah Llnagaay, Haida Gwaii, BC
  • Haida longhouse
  • Forest, mosses and dry stream, Hlk'yah Llnagaay, Windy Bay, Haida Gwaii, BC
  • Forest, mosses and deer-browsed understory, Hlk'yah Llnagaay, Windy Bay, Haida Gwaii, BC
  • Old-growth western hemlock, red cedar and Sitka spruce, heavily browed mossy understory Windy Bay, Haida Gwaii, BC
  • Old-growth western hemlock, red cedar and Sitka spruce, along Windy Bay creek, Haida Gwaii, BC
  • Trail through the old-growth forest to the 800 year old giant Sitka spruce, Lyell Island, Haida Gwaii, BC
  • Looking up at the old-growth tree tops Western hemlock, Western red cedar and Sitka spruce, Lyell Island, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
  • Look up, way up!
  • Nurse log
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