Access Sculpture Trail

The Nuu-cha-nulth tell a story of a Canadian tribe who relied on fishing to survive, symbolised here by the face over the whale’s blowhole showing that human life is dependent on sea life. When a killer whale threatened fish stocks, the community prayed to the gods, calling upon the powerful Thunderbird. The Thunderbird picked up the whale by its tail and dropped it into the sea, where it became Killer Whale Mountain. As a token of thanks and remembrance, the Nuu-cha-nulth sit an eagle at the top of their totems.