World War II intervened, and only the clanhouse and 15 poles were complete

The park was built on the site of a traditional summer fishing camp. This was Tlingit country, but the Haida culture is also represented. Native Americans didn't worship totem poles; they simply used them to tell stories. The designs depict animals native to the areas, as well as the various clans.

In the early 1900's, large numbers of Native Americans moved to larger communities to get jobs. In the abandoned villages, weather and neglect wreaked havoc on the buildings and totem poles left behind. Fear that elements of the culture might be lost prompted a move to salvage and reconstruct a number of the poles.

A model village was planned for the site, which had once been known as Mud Bight. (Bight means bay or cove.) Skilled carvers, chosen by the elders of their tribes, were hired with funds provided by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps.)

Fragments of the original poles were laid beside freshly-cut cedar logs. The carvers then used handmade tools, patterned after ancient ones, to copy the poles. Native paints were made from natural materials, including lichens, salmon eggs, clamshells and copper pebbles. These colors were then carefully matched with modern paints, which would last longer.

Workers built a community house, which represents a typical clanhouse where 30 to 50 people might have lived. The one large room is entered through an arch cut in the frontal pole at the center of the building. Removable floorboards reveal storage space for housewares, bedding and other items. Carved house posts inside support the roof and tell the stories of the families.

World War II intervened, and only the clanhouse and 15 poles were complete

In the early 1900's, large numbers of Native Americans moved to larger communities to get jobs. In the abandoned villages, weather and neglect wreaked havoc on the buildings and totem poles left behind. Fear that elements of the culture might be lost prompted a move to salvage and reconstruct a number of the poles.

A model village was planned for the site, which had once been known as Mud Bight. (Bight means bay or cove.) Skilled carvers, chosen by the elders of their tribes, were hired with funds provided by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps.)

Fragments of the original poles were laid beside freshly-cut cedar logs. The carvers then used handmade tools, patterned after ancient ones, to copy the poles. Native paints were made from natural materials, including lichens, salmon eggs, clamshells and copper pebbles. These colors were then carefully matched with modern paints, which would last longer.

Workers built a community house, which represents a typical clanhouse where 30 to 50 people might have lived. The one large room is entered through an arch cut in the frontal pole at the center of the building. Removable floorboards reveal storage space for housewares, bedding and other items. Carved house posts inside support the roof and tell the stories of the families.

World War II intervened, and only the clanhouse and 15 poles were complete

A model village was planned for the site, which had once been known as Mud Bight. (Bight means bay or cove.) Skilled carvers, chosen by the elders of their tribes, were hired with funds provided by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps.)

Fragments of the original poles were laid beside freshly-cut cedar logs. The carvers then used handmade tools, patterned after ancient ones, to copy the poles. Native paints were made from natural materials, including lichens, salmon eggs, clamshells and copper pebbles. These colors were then carefully matched with modern paints, which would last longer.

Workers built a community house, which represents a typical clanhouse where 30 to 50 people might have lived. The one large room is entered through an arch cut in the frontal pole at the center of the building. Removable floorboards reveal storage space for housewares, bedding and other items. Carved house posts inside support the roof and tell the stories of the families.

World War II intervened, and only the clanhouse and 15 poles were complete

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