This lovely card celebrates a UNESCO World Heritage site in Canada, a Haida village site in British Columbia. It was issued by Canadian Post in 2014, pre-stamped, and sent in trade in August 2021.
The site includes a large number of carved cedar poles commemorating individuals and families. As a result of contact the Haida suffered population loss due to epidemics and the survivors moved in the ate 1800s. Traditions include allowing the poles to naturally decline (a process that may take 100 years); many poles were taken by collectors and kept in permanent condition in museums in opposition to Native wishes.
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