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Tilikum, an Adaptation of a Nuu-chah-nulth Canoe |
 Thunderbird Park, 1947. BC Government photograph. BC Archives I-26801. |
In this modified cedar dugout canoe, Captain John C. Voss sailed 40,000 miles to circumnavigate the world. In preparation for the voyage, the sides of a Nuu-chah-nulth canoe were raised by 18 cm and the hull decked over. A keel, three masts and a cabin completed the refit. Voss departed from Oak Bay in Victoria on May 21, 1901, with journalist Norman Luxton. He arrived in Margate, England, in 1904, having crossed the Pacific, Indian and South Atlantic Oceans, accompanied by a number of first mates along the way. The Tilikum was returned to Victoria in 1930 and placed on exhibit in Thunderbird Park in 1941. In 1965, the Thermopylae Club acquired it for the Martine Museum of British Columbia in Victoria (MMBC 2021). Tilikum means ‘friend’ in the Chinook trading language of the Northwest Coast. |
 Thunderbird Park, 1953. BC Government photograph. BC Archives I-26981. |
 Thunderbird Park, 1953. BC Government photograph. BC Archives I-26982. |
 Thunderbird Park, 1953. BC Government photograph. BC Archives I-26983. |
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