Totem Pole Park

Location:

Southeast corner of Agronomy Rd. and S.W. Marine Dr.

Date:

Original construction: 1948
Haida section: 1959-62

Architect:

Frank A. Buck

Cost:

1948: n/a
1959-62: $30,000

Sources of funds:

Anonymous gift, gifts from graduating class of 1947, Chancellor and Mrs. Hamber, Canada Council grants

Architectural features:

Replicas of two early native villages. Collection of totem poles, house poles, and dugout freight canoes.

Relocation:

Relocated to Museum of Anthropology in 1964.

Sources:

Buck; Fine Arts Pamphlet Files; UBC Housing; UBC Indigenous Initiatives - The Power of a Name.

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