Tag Archives: British Columbia
From the archives: Ellen Neel (Herstory 2012)
Ellen May Neel was the first and most famous female carver of West Coast totem poles. She was born in 1916 at Alert Bay on Cormorant Island, off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Her parents were Charles … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Art, British Columbia
Tagged Alert Bay, American, art, artist, B.C., British Columbia, Canada Council, Canadian art, Charles Newman, Charlie James, City of Vancouver, Cormorant Island, Edward Neel, Ellen May Neel, Ellen Neel, Indian culture, Kaka'solas, Kwakwaka'wakw, Lucy James, Stanley Park, Thunderbird Pole, totem pole carver, totem poles, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Island, West Coast, Woodward's
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From the archives: Lucille Johnstone, “Tugboat Annie” (Herstory 2007)
Lucille Johnstone was born in 1924 in Vancouver. “Her grandparents advised her parents against sending her to high school, but she went anyway, working after school to pay for her books and clothes.”1 “I went to a high school that … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, British Columbia, From the archives
Tagged B.C., Banff School of Advanced Management, British Columbia, Kwantlen College Fund, Lucille Johnstone, Marine Strait Towing, Member of the Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia, Pacific Advisory Regional Council of Fisheries and Oceans, River Queen, River Queen: The Amazing Story of Tugboat Titan Lucille Johnstone, RivTow, Sexual Abuse Recovery Anonymous, Tugboat Annie, UBC, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Vancouver YWCA Woman of the Year Award
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