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Beacon Hill Park is a 75 ha (183 acre) park located along the shore of Juan de Fuca Strait in Victoria, British Columbia. The park is popular both with tourists and locals, and contains a number of amenities including woodland and shoreline trails, two playgrounds, a waterpark, playing fields, a petting zoo, tennis and pickleball courts, many ...
[4] [5] This pole is reputedly the world's tallest totem pole, standing at 9.75 metres (32.0 ft); the previous claim to the title was a pole carved by Henry Hunt, Mungo and David Martin standing at Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, depicting the legend of Geeksen, the first man in Kwakwaka'wakw mythology. [2]
The world's tallest totem pole, near Alert Bay, British Columbia One of the world's tallest totem poles, in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia. The title of "The World's Tallest Totem Pole" is or has at one time been claimed by several coastal towns of North America's Pacific Northwest. [84]
The image appears in the articles Totem Pole and Beacon Hill Park. I would go with the Totem Pole article personally. The pole was carved by Mungo Martin, David Martin, and Henry Hunt. Dedicated 2 July, 1954. The image was created by Fawcett5, 24 August, 2005 and has been released into the public domain. Nominate and support.
Lands-in-the-sky totem pole, Suquamish. Carved by Joe Hillaire for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. Joseph Raymond Hillaire or Kwul-kwul’tw (1894–1967) was an American Indian sculptor of the Lummi (Lhaq’temish) tribe, known for his carved totem poles in the style of the Coast Salish peoples.
In addition to the totem pole, an iron and glass pergola designed by Julian F. Everett as part of a lavish underground comfort station and a bust of Chief Seattle were added to the park in 1909. [20] [21] 1914 saw the completion of the Smith Tower, which at the time was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. However, by that time ...
Tyler Sabapathy, 18, was a first-year student at Temple University. He died after falling in Center City Sunday night, sources said.
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