Totem pole: Quick Facts

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Oct. 27, 2026

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Windsor rotary club hopes to help restore fire-damaged totem pole • Oct. 22, 2026, 5:35 PM ET (CBC)

Sandpoint Beach totem pole damaged by fire • Oct. 21, 2026, 8:25 PM ET (CBC)

Photos

Traditional Kwakwaka'wakw longhouse with a large, bold indigenous face design painted on the front, next to a tall, colorful totem pole at Thunderbird Park in Victoria, British Columbia.

Several brightly painted totem poles from various British Columbia First Nations stand on grassy ground surrounded by dense green trees at Brockton Point in Stanley Park, Vancouver.

Totem poles at Saxman Totem Park, near Ketchikan, Alaska, U.S.

Tall, colorful Tlingit totem pole with carved figures stands beside a forested trail in Sitka National Historic Park, Alaska. Dense trees and greenery surround the pole.

Tlingit totem pole

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