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Jasper Totem Pole

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

 

Totem poles are monumental sculptures carved from great trees, usually cedar, but mostly Western Redcedar, by a number of Indigenous cultures along the Pacific northwest coast of North America.

 

The word "totem" is derived from the Ojibwe word odoodem, "his totem, his kinship group"

 

This totem pole faces the railway, greeting rail passenger as they arrive at the Jasper trainstation. It also serves as a meeting place for many people. Enjoy it while you can, officials say that it has interior rot & they don't expected it to survive to many more years.

 

For more information on totem poles, see here:

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totem_pole

 

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Uploaded on October 23, 2008
Taken on July 25, 2008