Editing Totem pole (section)

==Examples==
[[Image:Tallest totem pole.jpg|thumb|upright|The world's tallest totem pole, near [[Alert Bay]], British Columbia]]
[[File:World's Tallest Totem Pole, Victoria, British Columbia.JPG|thumb|One of the world's tallest totem poles, in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia]]
The title of "The World's Tallest Totem Pole" is or has at one time been claimed by several coastal towns of North America's Pacific Northwest.<ref name=Kramer83>Kramer, ''Alaska's Totem Poles'', p. 83.</ref> Disputes over which is genuinely the tallest depends on factors such the number of logs used in construction or the affiliation of the carver. Competitions to make the tallest pole remain prevalent, although it is becoming more difficult to procure trees of sufficient height. The tallest poles include those in:
* [[Alert Bay]], British Columbia&mdash;{{convert|173|ft|m}}, Kwakwaka'wakw. This pole is composed of two or three pieces.<ref name=Kramer83/>
* [[McKinleyville, California]]&mdash;{{convert|160|ft|m}}, carved from a single redwood tree by Ernest Pierson and John Nelson.
* [[Kalama, Washington]]&mdash;{{convert|149|ft|m}}, carved from a single pole by Lelooska.<ref name=Kramer83/>
* [[Kake, Alaska]]&mdash;{{convert|132|ft|m}}, single log carving,<ref name=Kramer83/> Tlingit
* [[Victoria, British Columbia]] ([[Beacon Hill Park]])&mdash;{{convert|127.7|ft|m}}, raised in 1956,<ref name=Kramer83/> Kwakwaka'wakw, carved by [[Mungo Martin]] with [[Henry Hunt (artist)|Henry Hunt]] and David Martin.
* [[Tacoma, Washington]] (Fireman's Park)&mdash;{{convert|105|ft|m}}, carved by Alaska Natives in 1903.<ref name=Kramer83/>
* [[Vancouver]], British Columbia (Maritime Museum) &mdash;{{convert|100|ft|m}}, Kwakwaka'wakw, carved by Mungo Martin with Henry Hunt and David Martin.

The thickest totem pole ever carved to date is in [[Duncan, British Columbia]]. Carved by [[Richard Hunt (artist)|Richard Hunt]] in 1988 in the [[Kwakwaka'wakw]] style, and measuring over {{convert|6|ft|m}} in diameter, it represents Cedar Man transforming into his human form.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M637k7_TkMAC&q=thickest+totem+pole&pg=PA54|title=Totem Poles|last=Kramer|first=Pat|date=2008|publisher=Heritage House Publishing Co|isbn=978-1-894974-44-8|language=en}}</ref>
[[File:DuncanBCTotem.jpg|thumb|The world's thickest totem pole is in Duncan, British Columbia.]]
Notable collections of totem poles on display include these sites:
* [[Alaska State Museum]], [[Juneau, Alaska]]<ref>Wherry, p. 136.</ref>
* [[American Museum of Natural History]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
* [[Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture]], [[University of Washington]], [[Seattle]]<ref>Kramer, ''Alaska's Totem Poles'', p. 90.</ref>
* [[Canadian Museum of History]], Hull area of [[Gatineau, Quebec]]
* [[Duncan, British Columbia]], the City of Totems
* [[Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site]], [[Haida Gwaii]], British Columbia
* [[Haida Heritage Centre]], [[Skidegate, British Columbia]]
* [['Ksan]], near [[Hazelton, British Columbia]]
* [[Museum of Anthropology at UBC]], Vancouver, British Columbia
* [[Nisga'a and Haida Crest Poles of the Royal Ontario Museum]], Toronto
* [[Nisga'a Museum]], in [[Laxgalts'ap]], British Columbia
* [[Royal British Columbia Museum]], Victoria, British Columbia
* [[Saxman Totem Park]], [[Saxman, Alaska]]<ref>Garfield, p. 13.</ref>
* [[Sitka National Historical Park]], [[Sitka, Alaska]]<ref>Kramer, ''Alaska's Totem Poles'', p. 92.</ref>
* [[Stanley Park]] (Brockton Point), Vancouver, British Columbia
* [[Totem Bight State Historical Park]], Ketchikan, Alaska
* [[Thunderbird Park (Victoria, British Columbia)|Thunderbird Park]], Victoria, British Columbia<ref>Wherry, p. 140.</ref>
* [[Totem Heritage Center]], [[Ketchikan, Alaska]]<ref>Kramer, ''Alaska's Totem Poles'', pp. 84&ndash;85.</ref>