{"id":1924,"date":"2024-08-15T09:37:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T16:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elliektrawler.com\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2024-08-15T09:50:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T16:50:13","slug":"sgang-gwaay-aka-anthony-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elliektrawler.com\/?p=1924","title":{"rendered":"SGang Gwaay  (AKA: Anthony Island)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Becky: SGang Gwaay is recognized as a historic UNESCO World Heritage Site. \u00a0Nan Sdins (aka Ninstints)is a former Haida village. \u00a0It has the largest still standing collection of original monument and mortuary poles. \u00a0In the past, some of the poles have been reset upright but will now be allowed to decay as per Haida culture. \u00a0You can still see where the Haida moved rocks to create a landing spot for their canoes in the bay.<\/p>\n<p>When we went ashore, we were greeted by the Watchman who led us on a long wooden walkway through the forests and to the village site. \u00a0It was the most interesting walk so far. \u00a0He was full of experience and information and said he would like several more hours to tell us all he would like to share. \u00a0It really is something that just has to be experienced to understand the feel of area.<\/p>\n<p>The trip back through Burnaby narrows was not nearly as exciting since we knew where the rocks were and were going against a slight tide. \u00a0We stopped for the night in Echo Bay as a stage area for our early morning crossing back to Prince Rupert. \u00a0It was one of the best anchorages of our stay. \u00a0We took the dingy to a in-flowing creek and saw thousands of salmon trying to get upstream. \u00a0It was so fun to stand and watch even though mosquitos and no-see-ums swarmed and snacked on us.<\/p>\n<p>As we headed out early in the morning we had a great rainbow over our path. While the trip back was kind of rolling it wasn&#8217;t bad at all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elliektrawler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/us-in-dingy-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1929\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elliektrawler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/us-in-dingy-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1936\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elliektrawler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/boardwalk-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1940\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elliektrawler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jimmy-on-boardwalk-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1939\" 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wp-image-1944\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elliektrawler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mortuary-pole-pic-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elliektrawler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/poles-in-line-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1947\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elliektrawler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/poles-in-line-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elliektrawler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/paul-and-becky-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1948\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elliektrawler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/paul-and-becky-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1934\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elliektrawler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fish-circle-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1927\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elliektrawler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rAINBOW-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1930\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elliektrawler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rolling-boat-starb-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1931\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elliektrawler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rolling-boat-port-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Becky: SGang Gwaay is recognized as a historic UNESCO World Heritage Site. \u00a0Nan Sdins (aka Ninstints)is a former Haida village. \u00a0It has the largest still standing collection of original monument and mortuary poles. \u00a0In the past, some of the poles have been reset upright but will now be allowed to decay as per Haida 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