Tomahawk Totems Traditional Cache
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magentic cache, easy parking - kid safe - muggles abound
This is my Canada Day Hide for 2007! This place is a great piece of Canadiana and lots of fun for kids.
The word "Totem" is derived from "ototeman" of the Ojibwa tongue, which means, "his brother-sister kin". The origination of the totem pole is shrouded in mystery. Each carved figure denotes either a family or a tribal history.
The totem carver was a gifted member of the tribe and their ability to translate a cedar tree, with spacing, form and symmetrical lines, into a three dimensional carving was an artistic effort of the highest degree. These towering totems, often reaching a hundred feet into the sky, are found only on the Pacific Northwest Coast. These monumental efforts of another age are truly arresting and whatever their significance, they are bright beacons of the past that cast their beams on us today.
A great collection of masks and carvings inside; collected over the last 40 years by the owner who often traded food for carvings. I'm told that in blueberry season they have the best pie in town.
No carver information on the poles outside.
The original Tomahawk owner, Chick Chamberlain, began collecting interesting hand-crafted artefacts from the Indians themselves about 80 years ago, when most people thought they were worthless. Now they are indeed of great historical value.
During the Great Depression when many families, white and non-white, had little money, Chick often exchanged the curios for food or at the nominal amount. Included in the collection were hand made pots, drums, cooking utensils, large and small totem poles, masks and other beautifully carved objects.
Tomahawk's famous hamburgers are named after some of the Indian chiefs Chick had known over the years, a sort of memorial to his friends: Skookum Chief, Chief Capilano, Chief Raven, Chief Dominic Charlie, Chief August Jack.
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