Oh,
Canada! No Nufies. No Spruce Grove Girls plying the
West Edmonton Mall. Not even a Tim Horton's. The Canadians
have chosen to direct their efforts into two of its
lesser-known cultures -- the pioneering lumberjack
types of the Pacific coast and the quasi-French cultures
of eastern Ontario and pseudo-French culture of Quebec.
Putting these together has resulted in a most unusual
restaurant -- "Le Cellier" a steak-and-salmon joint
with a French flair. Go figure. Visitors to the Canadian
exhibit are greeted by 30-foot-tall totem poles similar
to those carved by the indians of the Pacific coast.
Further on is the Hôtel du Canada which is based on
the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa.
The
following may or may not be true:
Only
one of the totem poles is actually made of wood.
The others are fiberglass.
The
real totem pole was carved by David Boxley, a Tsimshian
Indian artist, and erected in April, 1998.