Chetwynd B.C.

A lesson we learned from cruising that we carried over to the RV is to be as flexible as possible when traveling. Be open to what you find as you go and be prepared to be surprised. We hadn’t heard much about Chetwynd other than a brief recommendation to stop and see the chainsaw carvings. Then we drove into town and saw wooden sculptures everywhere. So we stopped. The extent of the carvings is incredible. Turns out that the town held a chainsaw carving contest in 1992 to mark the 5oth anniversary of the building of the Alaska Highway. Each year since then, they have held the contest and then the entries are put on display in various parts of the t0wn.

 

Some of the original sculptures kind of fit the expected themes of bears and eagles and other wildlife.

Some, however, are decidedly more unique.

The level of detail and intricacy in the carvings make it easy to forget that these were all done by chainsaw!!

 

Even modern superheroes get into the act.

The sign describing the origins of the carvings.

Spearfishing in the middle of British Columbia?

Fertile imagination or just weird?

Even the benches are part of the exhibit.

Hockey – not unexpected.

 

But if not…