A Couple More Weeks

All of a sudden – geez we are only going to be out for another couple of weeks and there was still so much we wanted to do.
Son-of-a-Gun, we were not going to let the soggy weather keep us down!!
The Totem Poles at Duncan
When we were here in 2007, Duncan was a place we kind of missed.  The weather was horrible (worse than this year) and the Cowican Village was not really open. I slogged around in the mud through a few buildings but never really spent as much time there as I wanted to.
So the next sunny day we went to Duncan. When we stopped into the Visitor Information Centre for a map of the totem poles, they told us that the Village had been closed down.
So much for that idea. But we did manage to wander around and capture some of the 80 or so Totem Poles throughout downtown Duncan.

 http://www.duncan.ca/totems/index_totems.htm

Cedar Woman and Man

The Friendship Pole

Raven’s Gift

Sea and Sky

Transformation in Life

The Totem Pole collection is on traditional Quw’usun’ (Cowichan people) lands. According to their oral tradition the Cowichan people have lived on this land since the beginning of time. Quw'utsun' in the local Hul'q'umi'num language means ‘sun warming the back’.

Duncan is known as the ‘City of Totems’ is an on-going project to develop the largest outdoor collection of publically displayed Totem Poles.

http://www.duncan.ca/totems/f_Interpretive%20Kiosks_PNL1_proof.pdf