
CL Nature Center Totem Pole - Crystal Lake, IL
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renzotobias
N 42° 15.013 W 088° 18.980
16T E 391411 N 4678397
Totem pole at the nature center.
Waymark Code: WM15H9H
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 01/07/2022
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Erected 1999. Carved by Maurice Norman of Crystal Lake. Was a western red cedar telephone pole for 30 years prior to becoming art. Top to bottom: thunderbird, pelican, owl, fox, beaver, bear w/fish. Replaced an older totem pole on site that rotted away.
A Chicago Tribune article on the pole: (
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