Monumental pole to be raised in Gwaii Haanas in over 130 years

In Skidegate on Nov. 15, the Government of Canada and the Council of the Haida Nation via the Archipelago Management Board unveiled designs for the first monumental pole to be raised in the remote protected area of Gwaii Haanas in over 130 years. The pole will be carved by Jaalen Edenshaw and his apprentice Tyler York at the Haida Heritage Centre in Skidegate throughout the year. The Gwaii Haanas Legacy Pole will be raised in August of 2013 as part of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Gwaii Haanas Agreement, a document that paved the way for the ground-breaking cooperative management relationship between the Government of Canada and the Haida Nation.