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13-528: Richard Hunt may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Richard Hunt (artist) (born 1951), Canadian carver and artist Richard Hunt (pianist) (1930–2011), Canadian pianist and composer Richard Hunt (sculptor) (1935–2023), American sculptor Richard Howland Hunt (1862–1931), American architect and son of Richard Morris Hunt Richard Morris Hunt (1827–1895), American architect Richard Hunt (puppeteer) (1951–1992), puppeteer who performed

26-597: A Royal Canadian Legion , a pub, doctors' offices, a drug and alcohol treatment centre, and three automated teller machines (one in the bank, one outside the drug store and one outside Bayside Pub). The town has two airports ( Alert Bay Airport , and the Alert Bay Water Aerodrome ). There is a boat harbour and a BC Ferries terminal with service to Sointula and Port McNeill . There is Alert Bay Elementary School, part of School District 85 Vancouver Island North , for children in kindergarten and grades 1 to 7 and

39-494: A marsh and some forest trails. Cedar, pine, and hemlock trees populate the marsh. Many of the trees in the park are covered in Witch's Hair lichen . The water in the marsh comes from an underground fresh water spring. A dam was built in 1886 to collect fresh water for a fish cannery, and the resulting flooding of fresh water killed the trees in this area. The resulting cedar snags are a distinctive feature of this marshy area. Alert Bay

52-550: A museum at the U'mista Cultural Centre. The settlement was named c.1860 after the Royal Navy ship HMS Alert , which conducted survey operations in the area. Alert Bay has an oceanic climate ( Köppen Cfb ) with a strong drying tendency in summer. Alert Bay is heavily moderated by the proximity to the Pacific Ocean and being located in the pathway of low-pressure systems from said ocean, heavy annual rainfall ensues. Winter

65-1480: A number of the Muppets Politics [ edit ] Richard Hunt (politician) (1832–1915), politician in Nova Scotia, Canada Richard Hunt (MP) , MP for Orford beginning in 1529 Richard Harte or Hunt (died 1616), MP for Nottingham Sport [ edit ] Richard Hunt (rugby union) (born 1948), New Zealand rugby player, coach and administrator Dick Hunt (baseball) (1847–1895), American baseball player Dick Hunt (speed skater) (born 1935), American speed skater Other [ edit ] Richard Allen Hunt (1937–2009), American mathematician Sir Tim Hunt (Richard Timothy Hunt, born 1943), English biochemist Richard William Hunt (1908–1979), English editor, medieval historian, palaeographer Richard Hunt (editor) (1933–2012), English editor of environmentalist magazines Green Anarchist and Alternative Green Richard Hunt (priest) (1596–1661), English clergy indirectly associated with Shakespeare authorship dispute Richard Hunt (Dean of Durham) (died 1638), English clergy, Dean of Durham 1620–1638 Richard W. Hunt (born c. 1952), U.S. Navy admiral Richard Hunt, American colonial militia officer targeted by Hunt-Swartout raid (1756) during French and Indian War See also [ edit ] Richard Hunter (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

78-481: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Richard Hunt (artist) Hunt was born at Alert Bay , B.C., but has lived most of his life in Victoria, B.C. On his father's side, he is a descendant of the renowned Native ethnologist George Hunt . He began carving at the age of thirteen. In 1973 he began working with his father Henry Hunt at Thunderbird Park at

91-581: Is home to the world's tallest totem pole . In 1921, the Government of Canada , in an effort to stop the potlatch custom of dance, song, and wealth distribution under Section 116 of the Indian Act , confiscated many items including wooden masks, copper shields, and dance regalia. During the 1970s and 80s, the Kwakwakaʼwakw regained their possessions after long negotiations. The returned artifacts are housed in

104-410: Is in traditional Kwakwakaʼwakw territory. Two Indian Reserves take up the rest of Cormorant Island, Alert Bay 1 on the east side of the island, Alert Bay 1A on the west. Alert Bay has a credit union , grocery store, museums, a traditional " big house ", a hospital, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police station, a drug store, a post office, four restaurants and retail gift shops, a BC liquor store,

117-406: The 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada , Alert Bay had a population of 449 living in 219 of its 266 total private dwellings, a change of -6.3% from its 2016 population of 479. With a land area of 1.69 km (0.65 sq mi), it had a population density of 265.7/km (688.1/sq mi) in 2021. Up to half of the village's residents are First Nations people. The village

130-647: The British Columbia Provincial Museum in Victoria. Richard's brothers Tony Hunt and Stanley C. Hunt are also carvers. Richard Hunt designed the medals for the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships held August 17-21, 2006 at Saanich Commonwealth Place. Among his other projects, he repainted the totem pole at Rideau Hall , which his grandfather Mungo Martin had given to Governor General Lord Alexander in 1946. In 1991, Hunt

143-502: The T'lisalagi'lakw School (independent) owned and operated by the ʼNamgis First Nation for children in nursery, kindergarten and grades 1 to 7. Students in grades 8 to 12 travel by foot or ferry / water taxi to a school in nearby Port McNeill on Vancouver Island , along with students from Sointula on nearby Malcolm Island and others on North Island. Alert Bay has a campground, located on Alder Rd. Alert Bay Ecological Park, formerly known as Gator Gardens, consists of boardwalks over

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156-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Hunt&oldid=1243767170 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

169-679: Was inducted into the Order of British Columbia . He is also a member of the Order of Canada . He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Victoria in 2004. He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts . Alert Bay Alert Bay is a village on Cormorant Island , near the town of Port McNeill on northeast Vancouver Island , in the Regional District of Mount Waddington , British Columbia , Canada. In

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