This is one of three basalt sculptures in a series located along the Valley Trail in Alpine (public art #117, #118 and #119). The series presents figures and stories from the artist’s Haida First Nations culture. Creek Woman is one of the noble women of Earth’s creation. She resides by water and presides over fish.
Artist Laurence Knowles is a stone carver. He was commissioned for his proposal to create sculptures that depict symbols from his First Nation culture. As the artist is from Haida Gwaii, he contacted the area’s Lil’wat First Nation to involve a Lil’wat elder in a blessing ceremony early in the carving process. The blessing was held at Rebagliati Park in Whistler Village, which was the site where Laurence carved the three sculptures. Those fortunate visitors that observed his work and spoke with him learned about his passion for stone carving, his life in the north and his work as an artist.