QUINKATLA DESIGN
WUIKINUXV BIGHOUSE
Wuikinuxv Nation, CANADA

The Bighouse at Wuikinuxv, at Rivers Inlet, is the result of years of planning and hard work by this small Nation. The Bighouse is a community facility, key to the cultural revival taking place along the central coast of British Columbia This project was completed in autumn, 2006. These pictures were taken during the opening potlatch for the Bighouse.






Back of House Back of the Bighouse Interior
Interior Post Detail of one of the main carved cedar house posts.
Seating along a side wall. <>

Seating along a side wall.
Looking up at the smoke hole

Looking up at the smoke hole
Sun beams streaming into the house

Sun beams streaming into the house

Last Modified: Wednesday, 18 March, 2009