it was not easy to locate our lodging
became an existential exercise
a few Haida live like this
most not
from our porch on Graham Island
low tide
July is for thimbleberries and you have to compete with bears
Balance Rock
Haida extricated 350 skeletons from North American museums and built a graveyard for repatriated remains
wharf street
major slugs everywhere
so are loggers and they stop for no one
most of Haida Gwaii has been clear cut
but here and there you can still see remains of the giants
in this graveyard, you walk in high wind at your own risk
a gray top is all that remains of The Golden Spruce
luckily a few stands of the great Sitka spruce have eluded saws
even some of the great Western Red Cedars
huge cedar burl
the totem poles of Old Masset
famous pole topped with a giant eagle
eagles here are plentiful as crows, flapping around in flocks and screaming at each other - we watched as one landed on his effigy
god rocks
