Rock Art @ the Tunnel - Pictographs on Waymarking.com

The Tlingit are an indigenous tribe that occupied the Northwest coast of North America. Their traditional territory extended from the Ketchikan, AK area along the Gulf of Alaska to Yakutat, AK. They lived inland in parts of British Columbia and the Yukon in Canada. Their descendents inhabit these areas today.
The Tlingit relied on the rich resources provided by the marine environment, particularly salmon. They are famous for their ability to carve wood designs and fashion canoes, long houses and bentwood boxes from wood. The Tlingit have a distintive artwork style featuring ovoid shapes and eye pleasing symmetry. The Tlingit were master traders with the tribes to the north and south of them and fashioned one of the richest material cultures in North America.
This waymark will guide you to some ancient Tlingit rock art near the village of Hoonah. Enjoy the rock art, but please be respectful. This area is called "The Tunnel" by locals because before it was blasted open for the road it actually was a solid rock cliff with a tunnel through it. A very powerful shaman is said to be buried on the hillside above the cliffs. Watch your step climbing down the loose rocks.

If you walk to the coordinates listed and look back down the inlet toward the cannery there is a rock outcropping between the road and the water. Look along the outside edge of the rock formation about halfway up from the base. There is a flat surface on the rock. Look near the upper edge of the flat space and you will see a reddish orange canoe with some people standing in it. This was painted by members of the Hoonah Tlingit tribe many years ago to commemorate a victory in battle against an invading enemy tribe from the south. Due to the terrain it will be impossible to take a close-up photo of the rock art because it is located about 25ft. up the rock face. One possible explanation as to why it is so far up is that glacial rebound has raised this rock formation much higher than it was at the time of the painting. To get credit for this waymark send me a message with the answers to the following questions:

1) How many people are standing in the canoe?

2) Is the number of Western Hemlock evergreen trees growing at the top of the rock formation greater or less than two?

Enjoy your visit, happy trails.

Type of Pictograph: Rock Painting

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