The Thunderbird is a common motif in the indigenous artwork of Canada’s West Coast. The Thunderbird of the Pacific Northwest A Thunder Bird totem pole in Victoria, British Columbia. Its upper half- the half relevant to this article- is dominated by an aquiline figure with outstretched wings- a mysterious character from First Nations mythology known as the Thunderbird. The lower half of the Thunderbird House Post features a grizzly bear holding a human being. It is called the ‘Thunderbird House Post.’ The Thunderbird House Post in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia. One of these carvings- a striking replica of a Kwakwaka’wakw longhouse post- stands in conspicuous prominence.
On the eastern shore of Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, at a place known as Brockton Point, stands a cluster of ten totem poles carved and painted by First Nations artists.
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