Olympics

What the heck is that? False Creek inukshuks

by Amanda Growe on February 15th, 2010 at 11:06 PM
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      Okay, so maybe only a few of them are proper inukshuks. But the sight of what must be hundreds of stacks of balanced rocks is impressive and oddly moving.

      The stacks are located on the north shore of False Creek, between the cluster of Olympics pavilions and the water. You can get to them by walking along the path from Science World or the Plaza of Nations.

      Flickr user Susan Gittins wrote this about them:

      Ziggy has been coming every day or two to build Inukshuks along the northeast shore of False Creek opposite the Olympic Village. Sometimes jerks will knock them down but he just rebuilds them. It's an amazing feat and a personal project not sanctioned by anyone at VANOC.

      But is this true, and who is Ziggy? And is Ziggy the person who builds such things at English Bay?

      In any case, enjoy them while they're there. It's amazing to think that a single person could have made them all.

      Comments

      4 Comments

      Dr. One Love

      Feb 16, 2010 at 10:52am

      Some person(s) have also been stacking rocks around the Stanley Park seawall for years, too. Nice to look at, illustrative of impermanence also... Kind of zen that way.

      demantaray

      Feb 16, 2010 at 2:06pm

      i've seen these looong before the olympics came to town. back when i lived there,8+ years ago now, i used to see them there. also every time i came 'home' and walked up to English Bay. so cool and skillfully made. think they should be left untouched. always give me a feeling of peace
      d;D
      demantaray

      Petey J

      Feb 16, 2010 at 3:43pm

      Maybe it's the gardener that created the gardens @ Beach under the Burrard bridge

      mh

      Feb 26, 2010 at 5:28pm

      i saw a young group of students and a teacher stacking them about a month or two before the olympics. they spent the entire day there.