A – GBHW – Airport at 200-215 – Jade Canoe and Welcoming Figures

At 200-215 entrance – look for Bill Reids canoe sculpture (Note: The Welcome Figures and the Great Wave above (need to go down one level to see these) (next to food court and washrooms)

The Spirit of Haida Gwaii: The Jade Canoe
Year: 1994 -Artist: Bill Reid- Dimensions and materials: Bronze cast, 2.2, jade green patina
Often described as the Heart of the Airport, this acclaimed sculpture was inspired by nineteenth-century miniature canoes carved in argillite, a soft sedimentary rock that is found near Skidegate on Haida Gwaii. As with many historic examples of miniature canoes, this vessel is crowded with creatures and beings, their identities drawn from legends and oral histories of the Haida, and their forms energetically and sometimes fiercely interacting with each other in the manner of rivalrous siblings. Originally conceived and created for the new Canadian embassy in Washington D.C., it was installed in YVR to welcome visitors to the world.

Welcome Figures – Year: 1986 -Artist: Joe David – Opitsaht, in the Southwest area of the Meares Islands, Clayoquot South, British Columbia – tribe from the Pacific Northwest region in the lower Vancouver area. Made of Red cedar |
View from the railing behind the Bill Reids sculpture
Carved in the Clayoquot tradition of the Nuu-chah-nulth people, these welcome figures are based on those that would be placed on the beach in front of a village or a big house to greet guests invited to special events. Each

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