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Rock ArtSite Name: Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)Country: Canada
NOTE: This site is 2.823 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Nanaimo
Latitude: 49.140583N Longitude: 123.926255W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Rock Art in British Columbia. The park was created to protect a high concentration of rock art sites, many thought to date back a thousand years . Many of the figures are beautiful depictions of sea creatures.
As a location of great significance for the Snuneymuxw First Nations people, a public park is a mixed blessing. The rock art has been protected from absolute destruction caused by the development that surrounds the area, but high volumes of visitors and general traffic degrades the spiritual experience and exposes the figures to casual vandalism.
Some of the rock art is accessible to the disabled. Interpretive information is posted. Replicas are provided is a specific area in order to allow visitors to take souvenir rubbings without damage to the actual petroglyphs. The park website is linked here and see also here.
The location given is only approximate for the park itself, and does not reflect a specific petroglyph site.
Note: Public park protects petroglyphs from outright destruction, but attention still brings damage. Spiritual effect weakened. See comment.
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