Post #380935 by TabooDan on Sat, May 17, 2008 6:52 PM

I posted this under another thread but moved it here as I probably should have put it here in the first place! I am also having a problem with the size of the photos so I will try to fix it for this post.

The following is a little mission I went on a couple of years ago. I was told of a place where there were these carvings that looked like totem poles at a trailer park. Since the park was only 10 minutes from my house I went and checked them out. You can barely see the trailer park from the road as they have built one of those concrete fences in front of it that go along busy roadways to help with noise. Just one driveway in and one out.
At first I couldn't see anything that was worth looking at but the hunt was on! They were supposed to be at the front of the property and I was looking at the plant boxes and amongst the trees. Nothing yet.

The name of the Trailer park didn't really help with my spirits of finding something that I might like. Just another great Canadian name called the Crazy Beaver RV Park.......actually, sorry...wrong one!! It's called the Green Tree Estates and is located in Surrey, BC.

I saw this bright red/brown building which was basically an old log cabin which was now the properties large wreck building or entertaining hall. Hey...what's that on the building...

Hey...now that's not too bad of a job! They sure aren't based on local native carvings so I thought they were a pretty good attempt for up here anyway.

The above photo is the center door of the building which has a pole either side. Similar style to Witco I think. Probably a locals take on something they saw down South. Good size too as they are about 7' tall and about 18" wide.

The next photo is the end one on the left of the building. All 4 of the poles are pretty much the same with just slight variations in the carving. All have painted blue eyes and have the dark paint around the outside of their bodies.

I asked around and no one really knew anything about these cool poles. A couple said the place had been around since the early 1970's. I drove and crept around the private property looking for more but I didn't see anything. The watchful glare of the inhabitants made me not hang around for too long. Repeated calls to the land owner/manager have gone by with no call backs after leaving several messages. Makes for a few cool pictures but that's about it.

TabooDan