An Indian village in British Columbia

Indians of British Columbia in the old days lived in big solid houses built with cedar planks and totem poles marked their entrances. The houses were big enough for several families to live in, with the chief occupying a prominent place richly decorated with sculpture or painting. Nowadays the Indians live like all Canadians in normal houses with a car on a driveway. However, in some places reconstructions of the old style houses have been made for tourists to see. 

 The village of Ksan near the town of Hazelton is such a reconstruction. Nobody lives there, it is an open air museum. It is situated in the upper valley of the Skeena river, in the Canadian Rockies. The totem poles look very picturesque on the background of snowy peaks.