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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:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by Flickr : According to the signs, these are mostly sea wolves or perhaps other mystical creatures. Image copyright: fengski, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada One of the Actual Ancient Petroglyphs located in the Petroglyph Provincial Park located in Nanaimo BC. It is Human. Might Depict a Famed Hero or Chieftain of the Tribe of the Time. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada Information Sign which shows General Locations of other nearby Petroglyphs of the Nanaimo Area. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada Trail Map & Replica Display Information Sign at the Petroglyph Provincial Park. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada A Small Natural Cave in the Petroglyph Provincial Park. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada An Actual Ancient Petroglyph located in the Petroglyph Provincial Park of Nanaimo BC. May Depict an Orca and its Calf.

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada Three Replica Petroglyphs at the Display of Replica Petroglyphs at the Petroglyph Provincial Park in Nanaimo BC. One of them is a Flounder Flat Fish.

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada Replica Petroglyph depicting a Wolf which is part of the Replica Display in the Petroglyph Provincial Park in Nanaimo BC.

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada Replica Petroglyph that represents a Sea Wolf which is part of the Replica Display at the Petroglyph Provincial Park.

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada Replica Petroglyph of an Orca which is part of the Replica Display in Petroglyph Provincial Park.

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada Heritage In Rock Information Sign that is one of many surrounding the Petroglyph Replicas that are made for Tourists to enjoy in Petroglyph Provincial Park. This explains the Petroglyph Images that are in the Rock that is not too far up the Trail in Petroglyph Provincial Park. The Park itself does have some actual Ancient Petroglyphs in it.

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada The Environment Information Sign that is one of many surrounding the Petroglyph Replicas that are made for Tourists to enjoy in Petroglyph Provincial Park.

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada Styles & Elements Information Sign that is one of many surrounding the Petroglyph Replicas that are made for Tourists to enjoy in Petroglyph Provincial Park.

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada Casts and Conservation Information Sign that is one of many surrounding the Petroglyph Replicas that are made for Tourists to enjoy in Petroglyph Provincial Park.

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada The Information Sign at the Entrance Shelter that is at the Entrance to the Petroglyph Provinicial Park.

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada The Entrance to Petroglyph Provincial Park.

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada Entrance Sign to the Petroglyph Provincial Park.

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada Petroglyph Provincial Park has a couple of authentic Ancient Petroglyphs on the Site. Here is a Sea Wolf Petroglyph.

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada The Mound of Petroglyph Replicas that are in Petroglyph Provincial Park.

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada Parking Lot of Petroglyph Provincial Park.

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by Flickr : Petroglyphs in Nanaimo Provincial Park Image copyright: kbrunette, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by Flickr : Petroglyphs in Nanaimo. these rock carvings are right in the city of Nanaimo and are hundreds of years old. perhaps they are ancient directions for making nanaimo bars? Image copyright: jordan_in_alaska, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)
Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) submitted by Flickr : Petroglyph Provincial Park, 18 Aug 2005 Flatfish petroglyph. It was the sole discovery... Image copyright: MKandAG (Maria & Andy), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Re: Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia) by TheDruid-3X3 on Sunday, 22 October 2023
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This Site should be colored Red as it now has a Member's Photos.
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Re: Petroglyph Provincial Park by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 21 January 2014
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Re: Sacred sites are defiled by misuse by Andy B on Wednesday, 15 January 2014
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Images of some of the petroglyphs here:
http://watchingcanada.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/snuneymuxw.html
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Sacred sites are defiled by misuse by bat400 on Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Article submitted by coldrum:

Gary Manson raises his voice against the roar of traffic as he walks towards the entrance of Petroglyph Provincial Park, a two-hectare chunk of land along Hwy. 19A dotted with rock carvings more than 1,000-years-old.

"It's a place for dreams," says Manson, a spiritualist with the Snuneymuxw First Nations, as he makes his way up the fog-shrouded path that leads to the ancient aboriginal relics.

This sacred site is where legends were made. Where long ago the powerful shaman Thauxwaam was turned to stone by the creator Xaals as punishment for his selfishness and arrogance, explained the elder gesturing toward a petroglyph replica in the centre of the park.

It's one of several stories that stem from this site. Years ago this park was a spiritual refuge for the Snuneymuxw and a source for inspiration for their own personal journeys, said Manson. But as traffic volumes increased along the highway and more people began visiting the park it gradually lost its sense of solitude.

"This is a sacred place. Every petroglyph contains our ancestors' spirit. Due to the traffic around us, it has been weakened by that," said the elder, furrowing his white eyebrows slightly but always maintaining the soft tone in his voice. "It's hard for people to use it now. When we do our vision quests, we want our alone time. The traffic is a distraction."

Although there are replicas of the petroglyphs in the park, visitors seeking out the original carvings hidden among the trees and bushes have worn away the artifacts. Vandalism has also been a problem over the years.

While this petroglyph site is relatively well-known in Nanaimo, there are many other First Nations relics in and around the community that people might walk past without even knowing it. Exactly how to deal with these ancient sites presents a dilemma, says Doug Glaum, a manager with the archeology branch of the B.C. Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts.

If you draw too much attention to them, it will attract more people eager for a peek at the relics and increase the chance that the carvings being worn away or vandalized. Keep them hidden, and they could be destroyed inadvertently. For example, hikers and all-terrain vehicles have ground away unmarked petroglyphs near Harewood Mines Road, possibly without the culprits even knowing what they were doing.

"That's the double-edged sword we have to deal with," said Glaum. "Unfortunately, the best thing for the petroglyph is for people to not know where they are."

But keeping them off the public's radar altogether could decrease the interest in and appreciation for B.C.'s ancient history. Taxpayers already have little appetite for spending cash to record and preserve such prehistoic sites, archeologists say.


Petroglyph Provincial Park, established in 1948 to protect the relics, still exposes them to vandalism, she said.
As part of now-stalled treaty negotiations with the provincial government, the park was to be set aside as part of a land package for the Snuneymuxw.



Manson said he would like to see more protection for petroglyphs in Nanaimo, but there is limited funding available for such projects.

Nick Doe wants to record as much information as he can about the remaining petrogylphs on Gabriola Island.

"We've already lost some," said the amateur archeologist, the only person now actively researching the ancient sites. "In 10 years they will be quite depleted and by 20 there will be very few left."

A proper survey of the roughly 120 petroglyphs on the island needs to be completed, he said, but little work has been done by professional archeologists on this Island in the last 20 years. And these artifacts won't wait around forever. In the 1980s, people peeled away thick cushions of moss shielding the relics from the elements, and they have been steadily eroding every since.

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