Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Chief of the
Undersea World
Orcas were still kept at the Van-
couver Aquarium when Haida
artist Bill Reid's sculpture was
installed outside it, in 1984. Those
orcas are since gone, but this
16-ft- (5-m-) tall bronze killer whale
leaping into the air remains as a
tribute to this West Coast crea-
ture.
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Stanley Park • Map G1
Top 10
Public Artworks
Knife Edge
A Henry Moore monumen-
tal abstract sculpture.
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Queen
Elizabeth Park • Map B2
Photo Session
Join Seward Johnson's
family of bronze figures pos-
ing for a snapshot.
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Queen
Elizabeth Park • Map B2
World's Tallest
Freestanding Totem Pole
Raised in Beacon Hill Park
(see p96)
in 1956, the pole, by Kwakwaka'-
wakw chief Mungo Martin with
David Martin and Henry Hunt, took
six months to carve from a cedar
nearly 128 ft (39 m) high.
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Map Q6
The Crab
George Norris's stylized
stainless-steel crab. d
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Chestnut St • Map G4
Gate to the Pacific
Northwest
Alan Chung Hung's sculpture
invokes 18th-century navigation
instruments.
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Vanier Park
• Map G4
Coast Salish
Welcome Figures
Two 17-ft- (5-m-) tall red cedar
figures welcome travelers to the
airport's Custom Hall in tradition-
al Musqueam style. Northwest
Coast artist Susan A. Point carved
both from the same log.
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Vancou-
ver International Airport • Map A2
Primavera
Wooden butterflies convey
transformation in this acrylic
painting by Jack Shadbolt.
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1075 W Georgia St • Map J3
Salute to the Lions
of Vancouver
Gathie Falk's steel lions line
up with the Lions Gate Bridge
and The Lions mountain. d
999
Canada Place Way • Map L2
Angel of Victory
Coeur de Lion MacCarthy's
bronze angel lifts a World
War I soldier heavenward.
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601 W Cordova St • Map L3
Street Light
Panels shadow images of
historic events onto a walkway.
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Marinaside Cres • Map K5
Pendulum
A stunning seven-story
pendulum, by Alan Storey.
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885 W Georgia St • Map K3
Cooper's Mews
Footsteps trigger sounds
from Alan Storey's barrel-and-
railtrack homage to the area's
industrial past. d
1033 Marina-
side Cres • Map K5
Coast Salish welcome figures
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