DISCOVER British Columbia - British Columbia: Including the Alaska Highway - page 29

• Vancouver's Museum of Anthropology is one of the best places in the world to
learn about the earliest inhabitants of the Pacific Northwest.
• Duncan is a small town with a big collection of historic and contemporary totem
poles. While in Duncan, visit Quw'utsun' Cultural Centre for a First Nations
feast.
• Quadra Island has been home to the Kwagiulth people for generations. You can
learn about them at the Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre and then spend the night
surrounded by their distinctive architecture at Tsa-Kwa-Luten Lodge.
• Alert Bay is home to a thriving community of Kwakwaka'wakw, who welcome
visitors to the U'Mista Cultural Centre and the world's highest totem poles.
• Kootenay National Park has no sign of indigenous inhabitation, but visitors
today can soak in hot springs used for generations by First Nations and then
visit the Paint Pots, where ocher was used for ceremonial face painting.
• 'Ksan Historical Village is a reconstructed Gitxsan village, complete with mu-
sical and dance performances.
• Haida Heritage Centre at Kaay Llnagaay brings both traditional and moderns
arts and crafts of the Haida together under one roof.
• Gwaii Haanas National Park protects the ancestral home of the sea-faring Haida
people. Accessible only by boat or plane, the park's abandoned villages are the
highlight.