Ninstints, Anthony Island, Sgang Gwaay, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, Haida Gwaii, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canadian National Parks Stock Photos - PhotosCanada.com Gallery

Ninstints, Anthony Island, Sgang Gwaay, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, Haida Gwaii, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canadian National Parks Stock Photos

Ninstints Burial Cave, Sgang Gwaay, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada CM11-11

Ninstints Burial Cave, Sgang Gwaay, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada CM11-11

Description : Evidence of human occupation and use of Skung Gwaii remains in the form of seven heritage sites, which include two cave sites (one containing burial remains, the other, both burial remains and shell midden deposits), four general activity shell midden sites and one village site. It is the remains of the village of Skung Gwaii which gives the island World Heritage Site significance. The village of Skung Gwaii represents the only example in the world of the ruins of a traditional Northwest Coast Indian village site, complete with standing totem and mortuary poles and the remains of massive cedar long houses.

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