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English: A 30 metre totem pole, carved from a single 600 year-old Western red cedar, that was erected in 1958 close to the Virgina Water Lake, Part of the Windsor Great Park, England) to mark the centenary of the establishment of British Columbia as a Crown colony. The figures, from top to bottom are:
  • Man with a large hat
  • Beaver
  • Old man
  • Thunderbird
  • Sea otter
  • Raven
  • Whale
  • Sisiutl - a mythical creature
  • Halibut man
  • Cedar man
By 2024 the pole had reached the end of its natural life and after discussions with the First Nation Kwakwakaʼwakw peoples in British Columbia, the pole will be lowered during 2024 with "all appropriate ceremonies" and allowed to deteriorate.[1] (6 October 2024)
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Camera location51° 24′ 58.68″ N, 0° 35′ 29.76″ W  Heading=320° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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