My Langara Reconciliation Carving Journey: Joe Silvey

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Stanley Park Totem Poles Bike Ride

Rode around Stanley Park.
It was really nice.

I will be making separate blog posts for the different Totem Poles so stay tuned.


Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2016

Sculpture Honours Portuguese & Coast Salish First Nations Cultures

Portuguese Joe Silvey & Portuguese John Enos

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Sculpture Honours Portuguese & Coast Salish First Nations Cultures

"Luke Marston’s sculpture, Shore to Shore, stands at the site of his family’s ancestral village site X̲wáýx̲way, and celebrates Portuguese adventurer Joe Silvey (“Portuguese Joe”) as well as his first and second Coast Salish wives, Khaltinaht and Kwatleemaat. The artist Luke Marston is the great-great-grandson of Portuguese Joe and Kwatleemaat." Read more here

"Joe Silvey was born and raised on Portugal’s Altantic Azores Islands, though after several adventures, Joe found himself on the Pacific, and an early pioneer of Vancouver’s Gastown.

The sculpture honours the link between Portuguese and Coast Salish First Nations cultures, marks the land’s rich heritage, and symbolizes unity for the Vancouver’s present-day diverse inhabitants.

The large bronze sculpture is surrounded by engraved Portuguese stone, prominently installed in Stanley Park’s Northeast shore, overlooking downtown." Read more here

Portuguese Joe Silvey & Portuguese John Enos(my Great Great Grandfather) https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/09/portuguese-joe-silvey-portuguese-john.html

Portuguese Joe Silvey & Portuguese John Enos

What a fantastic day!!!
Look where I went. Do you know where this is?

Do you know who Luke Marston is ? http://lukemarston.com/

How about Portuguese Joe Silvey http://shoretoshore.ca/story.php

Portuguese Joe Silvey and my Great Great Grandfather Portuguese John Enos were some of BC's early pioneers and Joe Silvey's daughter was the first European child born in Vancouver

https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/03/my-portuguese-and-songhees-heritage.html
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/09/my-heritage-and-7-generations.html

http://portuguesepioneersofbc.blogspot.ca/search/label/joe%20silvey
http://portuguesepioneersofbc.blogspot.ca/search/label/john%20enos

Luke Marston created a gorgeous sculpture for all the descendants of Portuguese and for the Indigenous people who lived in Stanley Park, Vancouver. See below.

This video above references my Great Great Grandfather John Enos & Enos Lake in Nanoose Bay (http://portuguesepioneersofbc.blogspot.ca/search/label/john%20enos )

"The sculpture honours the link between Portuguese and Coast Salish First Nations cultures, marks the land’s rich heritage, and symbolizes unity for the Vancouver’s present-day diverse inhabitants.

The large bronze sculpture is surrounded by engraved Portuguese stone, prominently installed in Stanley Park’s Northeast shore, overlooking downtown. http://shoretoshore.ca/"

"Master carver Luke Marston created a 14-foot bronze sculpture for Stanley Park, commemorating the adventures of Portuguese Joe and his Coast Salish family." http://shoretoshore.ca

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Stanley Park Totem Poles Bike Ride

Read More Here about the connection between the Coast Salish Nation and Portuguese settlers in Vancouver in Stanley Park.

Sculpture Honours Portuguese & Coast Salish First Nations Cultures

Portuguese Joe Silvey & Portuguese John Enos

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Sculpture Honours Portuguese & Coast Salish First Nations Cultures

Portuguese Joe Silvey & Portuguese John Enos(my Great Great Grandfather) https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/09/portuguese-joe-silvey-portuguese-john.html

Portuguese Joe Silvey & Portuguese John Enos