Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The 'Namgis Burial Grounds at Alert Bay is an old native cemetery and one of the few remaining locations on the BC coast where totems remain undisturbed on their original site.
Date: 1927
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: This pole stood 20 ft tall and was located in the lower portion of the village.
Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Raised by Chief Wiseks (Stephen Morgan) of the Fireweed phratry (Gisgahst) at the 1945 potlatch. The pole represents the great sandbar at the mouth of the Skeena River. It was a supernatural (Spanaxnox) that protected the Gitxsan from Tlingit and Haida raiders. The Stone Bear memorial in the foreground is In memory of Chief Mark We-get". The bear originally had a small branch attached to its back."
Date: 1945
Name(s): Beynon, William, 1888-1958
Description: Pole-in-Sand being raised at the 1945 potlatch by Chief Wiseks (Stephen Morgan) of the Fireweed phratry.
Date: 1910
Name(s): Emmons, George Thornton, 1852-1945
Description: Detail of the base of the pole is Sun-Shines-On or Nigemks, the mythical frog woman who was taken by the frogs, with small frogs (likely representing her offspring) on her eyes, breasts, hands and one crawling out of her mouth.
Date: 1967 to 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The Pole-of-Nigemks of Chief Harhu in Hazelton's totem pole park.
Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Detail of the Frogs-Jammed-Up, which are two frogs head down one below the other, and then the cedar shingles shown as parallel lines.
Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Also known as the Man-Crushing-Log of Gaxsqabax (Simon Turner) that was erected in 1945. This pole depicts the story of the logs that were sent down from Neqt's fort on Ta'awdzep to crush his attackers. Neqt himself is shown at the bottom of the pole wearing a headdress. Above him are three of the attackers who were crushed by the logs.
Date: 1910
Name(s): Emmons, George Thornton, 1852-1945
Description: At the top of the pole raised by Chief Guxsan, sits the Mountain-Goat (with a single horn). Next is the moon, with Skawah in it. Skawah is an ancestress of the clan, and she is holding an earthquake charm in her hand. Under the moon is her son, Legi-yuwen, and at the bottom is the owl.
Date: 1918
Name(s): Shotridge, Louis
Description: The two poles of Chief Guxsan in the lower village. On the left is the Pole-of-the-Moon, and on the right is the Owl pole.
Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Raised in 1945 by Chief Gwaxsan, it is inscribed: In memory of Chief Cookson. Died Nov. 15, 1939. This photo details the Mountain Goat, followed by the Sun, which is surrounded by People-of-the-Sun, and two Whole-Owls at the bottom.
Date: 1926
Name(s): Smith, Harlan Ingersoll, 1872-1939
Description: Detail of the wolf at the top of the pole that originally had a horizontal mountain lion attached to the pole by the extended tail. This photograph shows this pole was recently restored and is going to be re-erected.
Date: 2008
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: At the top of the pole is a horizontal mountain lion that is attached to the pole by the vertical tail of a small wolf. Next is an ensnared bear, another wolf, and another ensnared bear at the bottom around the doorway, which was once at the entrance to a plank house.
Date: 2000
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: At the top of the pole is a horizontal mountain lion that is attached to the pole by the vertical tail of a small wolf. Next is an ensnared bear, another wolf, and another ensnared bear at the bottom around the doorway, which was once at the entrance to a plank house.
Date: 1910
Name(s): Emmons, George Thornton, 1852-1945
Description: Two of Chief Arhteeh's poles.
