Photos from the carving and raising of the Gwaii Haanas Legacy Pole in Skidegate and Hlk’yah G̱awG̱a.

: The Gwaii Haanas legacy totem pole is seen after being raised in Windy Bay, B.C., on Lyell Island in Haida Gwaii on Thursday August 15, 2013. The 13-metre totem is the first monumental pole to be raised in the area in 130 years. It was carved to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Gwaii Haanas Agreement, a document that allows the government of Canada and the Haida Nation to co-manage and protect the region. Haida Gwaii is made up of more than 150 islands about 90 kilometres west of British Columbia’s north coast. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Jaalen Edenshaw

Haida Artist and Craftsman