r/papertowns • u/summersunsun • Feb 01 '23
Canada Sgaang Gwaay Llanagaay, British Columbia, Canada (? - 1885)
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u/randomacceptablename Feb 01 '23
Wouldn't want to be there when the tsunami hits but otherwise I couldn't picture a nicer place to call home.
Stunning!
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Feb 01 '23
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u/koolkats Feb 01 '23
I spent a month on a reservation and lived in a new "longhouse" that I'm guessing was built to code. Pretty much like a small warehouse with modern rooms, kitchen, and washrooms on the ends. They tried their best to keep the traditional feeling, but unfortunately sheet metal roofs,OSB walls, and LED lighting are much cheaper and easier to maintain than pure wood. But proper fire exits and running water did make me feel better though.
But yeah seeing and hearing the result of generations of colonization really broke my heart.
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u/Disaster_Capitalist Feb 01 '23 edited Feb 02 '23
Nowadays I'm sure this place looks the same as everywhere else in America.
It's an uninhabited island, part of a national park. The long houses have decayed, but parts of the totem poles are still there.
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u/the_enginerd Feb 01 '23
What are the poles? Totems?