Totem Poles

The totem poles were commisioned in the spring of 1999 by the Oddette Foundation and presented to the City of Windsor in Sept 1999 to be placed in the Sculpture Park along the Waterfront in Windsor. They are situated along a nature path so that the many people that travel this route every day will enjoy their beauty. They are called NEISH DO DEM which means in Ojibwa---two identifications ( two storeys) .

The totem poles are carved from northern Ontario white pine. They are 50 feet long 3 feet in diameter made from one tree each and weigh approx 4300 pounds. They took 5 months to finish. The two main carvers were Wilmer Nadjiwon from Cape Croker and Harold Rice from Vancouver Island with the help of many apprentices. They are thought to be the tallest poles where the wood is from Ont , and carved in Ont .


Each totem is made of one piece, 50 ft long Ontario white pine ....first the bark had to be removed	deciding what totem signs to put on this pole	many days of carving

many days of painting	Wilmer Nadjiwon directing the job...	... and doing it himsel

After many months the poles are complete!	perfectly balanced and ready to load	these weighed approx 4300 lbs each

Mother and child carving	The details are truly beautiful	loading on the tractor trailer for the long journey ...

...to Windsor Ontario Canada	Congradulating and thanking the carvers Wilmer Nadjiwon and Harold Rice were deputy prime minister and the mayor of Windsor	Harold Rice and Wilmer Nadjiwon the carvers
	Erected in Windsor Ontario Canada in the sculpture park which runs along the Detroit river. The USA in the background.

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