“Crossing the Cassiar” by Rick Taylor
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After installing the mountain goat monument called “High in the Northwest” in Smithers, BC, Canada, the town council was very pleased with the public reaction. When the retail chain of Canadian Tire proposed to build a store on their 5 acre site on the southern end of the town, and wanted to work with the council on a public art project, they immediately decided on a companion wildlife bronze. The Cassiar region is also famous as producing the world record mountain caribou. This iconic animal is portrayed trekking across the high tundra. “Crossing the Cassiar” was erected in Smithers BC, in 2001. The life-size caribou is cast bronze on a stone base. By Rick Taylor.