chetwynd a community carved by · pdf filemike schmidt, oregon, usa (2006) ... glenn...
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1 EaglEs’ NEst @ District Office 5400 N. Access Rd. Terry Mackinnon2 BEar @ District Office 5400 N. Access Rd. Terry Mackinnon3 BluE HEroN @ District Office 5400 N. Access Rd. Terry Mackinnon4 owl @ 5440 N. Access Rd. Terry Mackinnon5 wElcomE to cHEtwyNd BEars & sigN @ S. Access Rd.
carved by Terry Mackinnon. The mother grizzly came to Chetwynd in 1992.
6 ProsPEctor @ Dedication Park Trevor Quinn (1991) 7 BEavEr @ Dedication Park
Terry Mackinnon8 FisH@ Dedication Park
John Rogers, Prince George, BC 9 BEar @ Dedication Park
John Rogers, Prince George, BC10 wElcomE to cHEtwyNd Pillar @ 5000 - 48th Ave. Terry Mackinnon 11 crow & BEavEr @ 5000 - 48th Ave.
Terry Mackinnon12 sid witH tHE Big oNE @ 4841 S. Access Rd.
Jerry Strelioff, Campbell River, BC (2009) 13 diNNEr For two BEars @ Red Lion Tavern 4812 N. Access Road
Terry Mackinnon (1992) 14 soNg oF sPriNg @ Skateboard Park 4215 N. Access Rd. Steven Higgins, Washington, USA (2010)15 murray’s PuB sigN @ 4613 - 47th Avenue
Terry Mackinnon 16 PikE @ Murray’s Pub 4613 - 47th Avenue
Terry Mackinnon 17 PikE @ Murray’s Pub 4613 - 47th Avenue
Terry Mackinnon 18 EaglE @ Murray’s Pub 4613 - 47th Avenue
Terry Mackinnon 19 wormswortH @ Chetwynd Public Library 5012 - 46th St Terry Mackinnon 20 mouNtaiN goat @ Chetwynd Public Library 5012 - 46th St. Ken Sheen, Quesnel, BC (2004) 21 BEavEr @ Leisure Pool 4512 N. Access Rd.
Sergei Gibson22 Frog @ Leisure Pool 4512 N. Access Rd.
Trevor Quinn (1991) 23 mErmaid @ Leisure Pool 4512 N. Access Rd.
Ken Sheen, Quesnel, BC (2000)24 sailor’s dEligHt @ Leisure Pool 4512 N. Access Rd.
Blaine Brake, Chetwynd, BC (2005)25 EaglE @ 4200 - 51st Ave.
Terry Mackinnon 26 BallPark sigN @ 4000 - 51st Ave.
Terry Mackinnon27 rodEo grouNds sigN (Boot & Hat) Ken Sheen, Quesnel, BC (2004)28 BEar @ 4522 N. Access Rd.
John Rogers, Prince George, BC29 Float PlaNE @ 4801 - 48th St.
Gord Kricheldorf (2005)30 gEar-o-rama sigN @ 4876 N. Access Rd. Ken Sheen, Quesnel, BC (2004)31 owl @ Spirit Park 4901 - 51st Way SW Ken Sheen, Quesnel, BC (2006)32 cowBoy @ 5008 - 50th Ave.
Elmer Gunderson (2005)33 EaglE totEm @ 5041 - 49th Ave. Ken Sheen, Quesnel, BC (2005) 34 EaglE @ RCMP Station 5424 Hospital Rd.
Ken Sheen, Quesnel, BC (2004) 35 sPawN @ 5132 - 50th St. John Rogers, Prince George, BC (2005) 36 BEar @ 5413 S. Access Rd.
John Rogers, Prince George, BC37 tHE vigil @ Hospital 5500 Hospital Rd.
Toby Craft, Alaska, USA (2005) 38 savEd By gracE @ 5032 - 50 Ave.
Bob King, Washington, USA (2008) 39 HEli-BoardEr @ 5458 N. Access Rd.
Gord Kricheldorf, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC (2006) 40 cougar BENcH @ Hospital 5500 Hospital Rd.
Ken Sheen, Quesnel, BC (2006) 41 PatHways to tHE NortH @ Junction of Hwy. 97 & Hwy. 29 N.
Blaine Brake, Chetwynd, BC (2006) 42 midNigHt Howl @ 5453 S. Access Rd.
Mark Coe, Tatla Lake, BC (2006) 43 tHis oNE’s For mE @ 5304 - 47th Ave.
Nyal Thomas, Washington, USA (2006) 44 tHE HuNtrEss @ 50th Ave.
Brian Ruth, Pennsylvania, USA (2006) 45 latE For diNNEr @ S. Access Rd. and Wabi Cr.
Nyal Thomas, Washington, USA (2005) 46 oN EaglEs’ wiNgs @ 5208 N. Access Rd. Scott Hanson, Alaska, USA (2006)47 HarmoNy @ Hwy. 97 & 51st St.
Elmer Gunderson, Prince George, BC (2006) 48 moosE @ 5100 N. Access Rd. Mike Schmidt, Oregon, USA (2006)49 climBiNg lEssoN @ 4831 S. Access Rd.
John Rogers, Prince George, BC (2006) 50 tEamwork @ 5114 - 50th St. Toby Craft, Alaska, USA (2012)51 BuildiNg cHaractEr @ Visitor Centre 5217 N. Access Rd.
Elmer Gunderson, Prince George, BC (2012)52 diNNEr For two? @ 5317 S. Access Rd.
Ken Sheen, Quesnel, BC (2007)53 survival oF tHE FittEst @ 4744 - 52nd St.
Jarrette Dahl, Minnesota, USA (2007)
54 liFE is sHort, vEry Hard @ S. Access Rd.
Hiromu Kurita, Japan (2007)55 uNdErsEa traNQuility @ 5044 - 49th Ave. Blaine Brake, Chetwynd, BC (2007)56 coal miNEr’s luNcH wagoN @ S. Access Rd.
Nyal Thomas, Washington, USA (2007)57 grumPy old mEN @ 4612 N. Access Rd.
Ian Mackenzie, Kamloops, BC (2007) 58 FigHt iN FligHt @ 5104 N. Access Rd. Dan Richey, Nanaimo, BC (2007)59 tHE guardiaN @ 5004 - 46th St.
Elmer Gunderson, Prince George, BC (2007)60 wHErE is r2d2? @ Spirit Park 4901 - 51st Way SW
John Rogers, Prince George, BC (2007)61 dragoN #8 @ S. Access Rd. Hiromu Kurita, Japan (2008) 62 Big moosE, EH? @ District Office 5400 N. Access Rd.
Toby Craft, Alaska, USA (2007) 63 wild Bill Hickok @ 50th St. and 47th Ave. Henry Thomas, Washington, USA (2007) 64 tHE ENcouNtEr @ Airport
Ian Mackenzie, Kamloops, BC (2006)65 FacE oFF @ 4749 - 51st St.
Glenn Greensides, Sayward, BC (2008)66 motHEr aNd cHild @ 5413 S. Access Rd. Jerry Strelioff, Campbell River, BC (2008)67 tHE swaN daNcE @ 5028 50th Ave.
Ken Sheen, Quesnel, BC (2008)68 wraNglEr’s rEst @ 5208 N. Access Rd.
Blaine Brake, Chetwynd, BC (2008)69 Bull ridEr @ Intersection of Hwy. 97 & 52A Ave.
Dan Richey, Nanaimo, BC (2008)70 Bc BENcH @ S. Access Rd. & 52nd St.
Richard Austin, North Wales, UK (2008) 71 stuck iN tHE saNd @ 5300 N. Access Rd.
Nyal Thomas, Washington, USA (2008)72 doN’t mEss witH my cHicks @ 5300 N. Access Rd.
Kay Jackson, Missouri, USA (2008)73 katiE’s drEam @ 5400 S. Access Rd.
Elmer Gunderson, Prince George, BC (2008)74 BEak to BEak @ Airport
Bongo Love, Zimbabwe, AFR (2008)75 samurai kurita @ 5000 - 50th St. Hiromu Kurita, Japan (2009)76 wolvEriNE @ 4841 S. Access Rd.
Chris Foltz, Oregon, USA (2009)77 ForBiddEN Fruit @ District Office 5400 N. Access Rd.
Simon O’Rourke, Wales, UK (2009) 78 a cowBoy’s story @ 5000 - 50th St.
James Denkins, Michigan, USA (2009)79 wow, HE got BoB @ Visitor Centre 5217 N. Access Rd.
John Rogers, Prince George, BC (2012) 80 EmBracE @ S. Access Rd.
Bob King, Washington, USA (2009)81 travl’iN ligHt @ 52A and 53rd Ave Walking Path
Blaine Brake, Chetwynd, BC (2009) 82 NEil aNd mE @ Hwy. 97 & 53rd Ave. (east)
John Rogers, Prince George, BC (2009)83 cHilcotiN stallioNs @ 52A and 53rd Ave Walking Path
Ken Sheen, Quesnel, BC (2009)84 majEsty aNd gracE @ 51st Ave. and 42nd St.
Elmer Gunderson, Prince George, BC (2009)85 odiN @ Junction of Hwy. 97 & Hwy. 29 N.
Pete Rieger, Quesnel, BC (2009)86 owl @ 5633 Westgate Rd.
87 wildliFE @ 5208 N. Access Rd. Hiromu Kurita, Japan (2010)88 tHE liviNg trEE @ Chetwynd Public Library 5012 - 46th St.
Ken Sheen, Quesnel, BC (2010)89 BuFFalo daNcEr @ 52nd St.
Ken Packie, Massachusetts, USA (2010)90 tHE mouNty @ RCMP Station 5424 Hospital Rd. Ken Tynan, Iowa, USA (2010)91 PEarl divEr @ Crown Sub 46th St. & 47th Ave.
Pete Rieger, Quesnel, BC (2010)92 tHE tEacHEr @ Little Prairie School 4200 - 51st Ave.
Elmer Gunderson, Prince George, BC (2010)93 FEEdiNg FrENZy @ 5353 - 47th Ave. Surerus Place Blaine Brake, Chetwynd, BC (2010)94 daEdalus @ Hwy. 97 & 53rd Ave. (east)
Tomas Vrba, Washington, BC (2010)95 star sowiNg suN Fairy iN mooN @ 5114 - 50th St. Joerg Jung, Germany (2010)96 my BluE ocEaN @ Leisure Pool Chris Foltz, Oregon, USA97 wElcomiNg tHE sPirits @ 4744 - 52nd St.
Jeff Samudosky, Connecticut, USA98 NaturE PolE @ 53rd St. N. Access Rd.
Dan Richey, Nanimo, BC (2010)99 NaturE PolE @ 53rd St. N. Access Rd.
Dan Richey, Nanimo, BC (2010)100 NaturE PolE @ 53rd St. N. Access Rd.
Dan Richey, Nanimo, BC (2010)101 PrayiNg ovEr you @ 51st Ave. & S. Access Rd.
Chris Foltz, Oregon USA102 tHE BrEatH oF liFE @ 52nd St. Cenotaph
Steven Higgins, Missouri, USA103 drEams @ N. Access Road Tommy Craggs, Durham, UK104 HEroN @ N. Access Road Pete Rieger, Quesnel, BC 105 rocky mouNtaiN survival Location TBA
Dayton Scoggins, Mississippi, USA
106 tHE HaNd tHat rulEs @ Hillside Ave. & 53rd St.
Paul Frenette, Ontario107 NaturE will FiNd a way @ Spirit Park 4901 - 51st Way SW
Ken Sheen, Quesnel, BC108 ridE your HEarts out @ Skateboard Park 4215 N. Access Rd. Blaine Brake, Chetwynd, BC109 liFE’s gENtlE BEauty @ Roof of Rec Centre
Ken Braun Jr., Colorado, USA110 motHEr’s iNstiNct @ Spirit Park 4901 - 51st Way SW
Tomas Vrba, Slovakia111 jourNEy to tHE wEst @ @ 51st Ave. and 42nd St.
Kazuo Kondo, Japan112 tHE last HuNt @ S. Access Rd.
Elmer Gunderson, Prince George, BC113 FiddlE sticks @ Visitor Centre 5217 N. Access Rd.
Chris Foltz, Oregon, USA114 cock FigHt @ Visitor Centre 5217 N. Access Rd.
Tomas Vrba, Slovakia115 PEgasus @ Visitor Centre 5217 N. Access Rd.
Jeff Samudosky, Connecticut, USA116 liFE is sHort, Play @ Visitor Centre 5217 N. Access Rd.
Hard Hiromu Kurita, Japan117 doomEd souls @ Visitor Centre 5217 N. Access Rd.
Ken Braun Jr. Colorado, USA118 Black PEarl @ Visitor Centre 5217 N. Access Rd.
Ken Packie, Massachusetts, USA 119 miso’s jourNEy @ Visitor Centre 5217 N. Access Rd.
Paul Frenette, Ontario120 sEarcHiNg @ Visitor Centre 5217 N. Access Rd.
Simon O’Rourke, North Whales121 justicE sErvEd @ Visitor Centre 5217 N. Access Rd.
Steven Higgins, Missouri, USA122 littlE giaNt @ 5200 North Access Rd.
Ken Sheen, Quesnel, BC - carved out of pine which had been affected by Mountain Pine Beetles
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Chetwynd is home to beautiful handcrafted chainsaw sculptures of indigenous animals and local scenes that can be found throughout town and businesses and homes.
Use this map of the chainsaw sculpture locations to stroll around for photo opportunities with these sculptures. This is your chance to get up close and personal with a Grizzlybear!InquireattheVisitorCentre (i) about a sculpture of your own and you will be taking a little bit of Chetwynd home with you.
The chainsaw carving project began as part of the Rendezvous ’92 Committee, which was created to help with celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Alaska (Alcan) highway. The Chetwynd Rendezvous ‘92 Committee wished to leave a lasting legacy of the community’s participation in the special event to celebrate this milestone of the Alaska Highway.
On December 31, 1990, a meeting of major businesses and community groups was called to discuss the idea of commissioning three bears which form part of the Welcome to Chetwynd sign display. Unanimous approval was given to commission the bear sculptures from master carver, Terry McKinnon.
Since completion of the bear scene, businesses, residents and fundraising efforts of the committee have supported the project. In the first year, the Rendezvous ’92 committee held 42 different fundraisers to raise the money to bring the first carvings into town. Some of these fundraisers included baking cookies, hosting dances, and events centered around a visit to town by the first woman in space.
In 2005 Chetwynd hosted the first annual Chetwynd International Chainsaw Carving Championship, hosting seven carvers from B.C. and the United States. In 2006, the number of carvers attending
increased to twelve carvers from all across North America. Chetwynd is now drawing international attention with carvers coming all the way from places as far as Japan and Wales. Spectators are also traveling to Chetwynd from distances as great as the lower United States.
The carvings themselves are becoming more intricate, with details so fine it is hard to believe that they were created with a chainsaw. Now there are over 120 carvings located in various places around town.
Look forward to the annual Chetwynd International Chainsaw Carving Championship Invitational the 2nd weekend of June every year.
Chetwynd ... A Community Carved by Success
2011 Winner#101 PrayiNg ovEr youChris Foltz - Oregon, USA
2012 Winner#113 FiddlE sticks
Chris Foltz - Oregon, USA
2009 Winner#75 samurai kuritaHiromu Kurita - Japan
2007 Winner#54 liFE is sHort,
vEry HardHiromu Kurita - Japan
2008 Winner#61 dragoN #8
Hiromu Kurita - Japan
2010 Winner#14 soNg oF sPriNg
Steven Higgins - Washington, USA
2006 Winner#44 tHE HuNtrEss
Brian Ruth - Pennsylvania, USA
2005 Winner#45 latE For diNNEr
Nyal Thomas - Washington, USA
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“Entrapment” carved by Glenn Greensides of Sayward, BC. “Entrapment” was gifted to Prince George Emergency Response Centre for all of their help and quickresponseduringthe2011 Flood of Highway 97 and within the district of Chetwynd.
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