Cultural style: 'Ksan (Tsimshian) The Nanasimget story of the Whale abducting the man's wife is shown at the top of this pole: here the wife is riding Whale's tail. Beneath the crouched figure of the husband is Hawk, with its claws on a small human who fills the space between the ears of Owl, below. Next is a legendary being who has his head on his chest, not on his neck; hence, the arms are shown coming from the sides of the man's head. This is a crest of the carver. The being holds Frog, and at the base is Eagle.

Two of the poles in the plaza are by Earl Muldoe, a veteran carver of 'Ksan. "I personally selected the logs I wanted to use," he said. "These are old-growth cedars, with scarcely a knot on their entire length. They came from the Kitimat valley." Originally these poles, together with two smaller ones, were commissioned by Highfield Development to grace the entrance to Airport Executive Park in Richmond, B.C. Seventeen years later they were taken down and donated to the Vancouver Museum. The two small poles went to the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, and the three tall ones to the Plaza of Nations - all on long-term loan.