Signs of Lekwungen - Site of the South West Bastion of the Hudson's Bay Company Fort
Wharf Street between the intersections with Broughton and Fort Streets
by Butch Dick and sons Clarence and Bradley
site marker 2.5 metres in height; weighing 1000 pounds
Carving: close-grain red cedar was used to carve the whorls. Bronze castings: made as a disk, anchored to a brown powder-coated aluminum pole.
2008
This artwork depicts the spindle whorl, a tool traditionally used by Coast Salish women to spin wool - considered to be the foundation of a Coast Salish family. The concept for the base was developed by Heritge Planner Richard Linzey. The base's top is inscribed with the traditional place name, phonetically in Lekwungen as well as English.
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