Crafted Elegance: The Northwest Coast Canoe

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  • October 5, 2009 - January 3, 2010
  • Calvin Hunt’s 38 ft long tail canoe was on display at MOA from October 15-December 13, 2009. On Tuesday, February 2, 2010, the canoe was scheduled to carry the Olympic torch across the bay at Port Hardy. The torch was to arrive at the east side of Hardy Bay via BC Ferries, and then paddled across the waters to the Port Hardy Pier, and then followed a designated land route to the Civic Center for an evening of celebration.

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Crafted Elegance: The Northwest Coast Canoe

Crafted Elegance: The Northwest Coast Canoe

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Crafted Elegance: The Northwest Coast Canoe

  • UF Calvin Hunt Canoe; Tlingit Long tail Canoe

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Crafted Elegance: The Northwest Coast Canoe

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Calvin Hunt research

File contains research materials related to the Calvin Hunt - Tlingit Long tail Canoe Exhibit. These records include information includes photograph descriptions and credits and an exhibit concept proposal.

Tlingit Long-tail canoe

Subseries contains records related to the <i>Tlingit Long-tail Canoe</i> exhibit held in Gallery 3 at MOA. The exhibit features a newly carved 38 foot Tlingit long-tail canoe created by Mr. Calvin Hunt to honour his great, great Tlingit grandmother, Anisalaga (nee Mary Ebbets). The exhibit ran from October 15 – December 13, 2009. Records include correspondence and proposals regarding the creation of the exhibit, photographs and photocopies of canoes and public relations materials promoting the exhibit.

Tlingit Long-tail canoe

File mainly contains textual records related to the Tlingit Long-tail Canoe Exhibit. Textual records mainly consist of photocopies of historical photographs of Tlingit canoes. Other textual records include copies of correspondence between McLennan and the Royal British Columbia Museum, where many of the images were obtained from, and information about the exhibit, including a promotional handout, and a project report.

The images contained in this file are historic photographs of Tlingit canoes.