Petroglyph
Significance
This boulder with images carved into it (petroglyphs) was originally located on the Fraser River between Crow Bar Creek and Lone Cabin Creek within the territory of the Canoe Creek Band, part of Secwepemc-speaking people. A gold prospector , H. S. Brown found the rock on one of his claims and brought it to the attention of Park board Commissioner Bill Shelley who, in 1926, arranged to have the rock removed to Stanley Park as a part of an outdoor museum of Northwest Coast artifacts. After 66 years of exposure the boulder was moved, in 1992, to the Museum of Vancouver to protect it from vandalism.
Date Range
c. 1500 - 1800
Place of Manufacture
Found in the bed of the Fraser River halfway between Lone Cabin Creek and Crowes Bar Creek, B.C.
Dimensions
91 cm high, 152 cm wide
Museum Location
Lower Level - Garden Courtyard
Catalog Number
QAA 2246 (Borden number EhRn-4)
Donor
Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, 1992



