🌊🌲 West Vancouver Welcome ☁️

            A Squamish Nation totem pole welcomes all with open arms. This was hand carved from an old growth cedar log picked from the enchanted forest of Hollyburn Mountain. It faces southwest to the outer section of the Burrard Inlet and English Bay. Looking over the mouth of the First Narrows to Stanley Park and Vancouver's famous sea stack Slhx̱i7lsh, a.k.a. Siwash Rock. Up above on the cliff is a lookout which was the site of "Fort Siwash" where an artillery battery was mounted during the First World War. Captured at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ~ January 23, 2022 🌲☁️

With open arms to all who pass our shores, this Welcoming Figure was raised at the first K'aya'chtn (gathering of ocean canoes). The Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) dedicated the figure to the citizens of West Vancouver on July 25, 2001, with this prayer on the plaque....

"Welcome/Guardian Woman in gratitude to all our Ta7as/Grandmothers.
For all the teachings of our lands, history, of who we are.
For all the teaching in the ways we take care of one another as:
elders, parents, brothers, sisters and cousins, our children, the future generations.
For all the teachings in the ways we share the wealth of the land, the seas and the air."

Carved by Sekwim Siyam Sintl', Stan Joseph Jr., assisted by Wesley Nahanee and William Nahanee.
   

Taken in: Canada / British Columbia / West Vancouver / Cedardale (show map)

Taken on: January 23, 2022

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Camera: Canon EOS 70D, f/5.6, 1/100 sec, 240mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 70D
Lens:	EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 USM
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	240mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (Windows)
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