Here’s a guide to the pods of orcas that have surfaced across the city, life-size sculptures designed and decorated by B.C. artists. Some will be auctioned on Oct. 12 to raise funds for the BC Lions Society’s Easter Seal operations and the Canucks for K
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Location Orca Name Artist Sponsor
1 Burrard/Canada Place Snapshots Angie Benbow Tourism Vancouver
of Vancouver
2 Canada Place Forest Floor Richard Cole Imperial Oil Ltd.
3 Canada Place Travels with My- Marc Luc Poelvoorde HMY Airways
Orca George
4 Canada Place Recycling Orca Bill Thomson Vancouver Convention
& Exhibition Centre
5 Canada Place The Spirit of Tiko Kerr Spirit of Vancouver
Whale Being
6 Granville Square The Well Read Whale Tiko Kerr The Vancouver Sun
7 Howe/Canada Place Spirit of Community Rhonda-Lee Laurie McDonald’s
Restaurants of Canada
8 Howe/Cordova Flora Orca Mary Savage PricewaterhouseCoopers
9 Cordova Plaza Myth Orca Ken Skoda Methanex Corporation
10 Burrard/Cordova Remains of a Garden Shannon Belkin Borden Ladner Gervais
11 Burrard/Cordova All Things BC Christy Deslauriers Phillips Hager & North
& Janet Woll Investment Management
12 Bentall 5 Randie Feil Teekay Shipping
13 Burrard/W. Pender The Whale Riders Joe Mandur, Jr. Leith Wheeler
(interior) Investment Counsel
14 Burrard/W.Pender Shimorca Cim MacDonald CIBC
15 W. Hastings/Thurlow World Orca Noni Raskin Vancouver Marriott
Pinnacle Hotel
16 W. Hastings/Thurlow Country Drive Nadina Tandy Renaissance Vancouver
Hotel Harbourside
17 W. Pender/Bute Scarred Orca David Haughton Ventures West Capital Ltd.
18 Thurlow/W. Pender Orca Who Dances Jerry Whitehead Manulife Financial
With Lights
19 W.Georgia/Thurlow Wah‘ Yooks Bill Helin Terasen Inc.
20 Burrard/Melville Bobby Orrca Dean Lauze Canaccord Capital
& Brad Wait
21 Burrard/Melville Daniel Mehran Razmpoosh Angus One Ltd.
22 Burrard/Dunsmuir Uplifting Westcoast Michael Tickner Polaris Minerals Corp.
Spirit
23 W. Pender/Howe Dancing Orca Jerry Whitehead Global TV
24 Harbour Centre Grooves Claudia Bos MacDonald Realtors
(interior) Lorne Goldman Ltd.
Location Orca Name Artist Sponsor
25 Homer/Dunsmuir Hydra Spirit John Ferrie BC Hydro Power Smart
26 W.Georgia/Homer Carmen Mer-Orca Suzy Birstein Web Impressions
27 W.Georgia/Seymour Urban Orca Ross Penhall Scotiabank
(interior)
28 Granville/W.Georgia Cora Joanna Bullock Varshney Capital Corp.
29 W.Georgia/Granville Nanorca Krisdy Shindler CKNW
30 W.Georgia/Howe Orca Borealis Sibeal Foyle Petro Canada
31 Pacific Centre Bjossa the Orca Shegon Mosaic Works KPMG
Atrium, (interior) in the Sky
32 W. Georgia/Howe Orca Home Stephanie Hill Clark, Wilson
33 W. Georgia/Hornby Gilded Orca Mandy Boursicot HSBC Bank Canada
(interior)
34 Hornby/Robson, Reflections Karacters Design Group DDB Canada
(interior)
35-37Robson/Hornby jackpod! Ross Agro & Ovidio BC Lottery Corp.
38 Robson/Burrard Orca Presley Judson Beaumont Bruce Allen
39 Planned orca sculpture will not be installed
40 Sutton Place Hotel Orcasmic Voyage Arnt Arntzen
(interior)
41 Robson/Homer Whale Tales Judson Beaumont Starbucks
42 Upper Stadium Plaza Still Around Johanna Schmidt BC Place Stadium
/BC Place
43 GM Place Kurtenback Dean Lauze Brian Burke & Jennifer Mather
(interior) Vintage Orca
44 GM Place (exterior) Nazzy Orca Dean Lauze Brian Burke & Jennifer Mather
45 GM Place (exterior) Steamer Orca Dean Lauze Brian Burke & Jennifer Mather
46 Marinaside Chef Boy Orca Will Rafuse Metropolitan Fine Printers/
Crescent Canadian Art Prints
47 W12th/Cambie Mayorca Landon Mackenzie Mayor Larry Campbell
48 W.Broadway/Oak The Queen & King Teresa Waclawik Simmons Mattress Gallery
of Vancouver
49 Oak/W.Broadway Serious Business Pat O’Hara Dales Group
50 W. Broadway/Birch Rainbow Chaser Carolyn Kramer The Value Group of
Companies
51 W. Broadway/Birch The Pod Norm Spence Telus
52 W. Broadway/Birch Young and Free Cindy Lietz Boston Pizza Int. Inc.
53 W. Broadway/Hemlock Mercedes Dean Lauze Mercedes-Benz
Location Orca Name Artist Sponsor
54 W. Broadway/Fir Pixel Orca Dean Lauze Bell
55 W. Broadway/Maple Orca Chums Rhonda-Lee Laurie W3 International Media
56 HR MacMillan Sea To Sky Angela Tunner Safe Software
Space Centre
57 Canuck Place, Trev Orca Dean Lauze Canucks For Kids Fund
1690 Matthews Ave.
58 Easter Seal House, Orca Bus Duncan Weller Lions/Lioness Clubs
3981 Oak St.
59 UBC Museum The Medicine People Norman Tait Douglas Reynolds Gallery
of Anthropology & Lucinda Turner
60 Vancouver Northwest Coast Lawrence Paul Vancouver International Airport
International Airport Killer Whale Yuxweluptun & Glen Wood
61 Tsawwassen Ferry Spirit Karel Doruyter BC Ferries
Terminal
62 Vancouver Aquarium Tourorca Jennifer Ettinger Gray Line of Vancouver
(interior)
63 Capilano Rd, From Deep Within Wayne Carlick Capilano Suspension Bridge
North Vancouver
64 Edgemont Blvd./ Norca Shore Janis Blyth Edgemont Village Merchant Highland Blvd., North Van. Association
65 Horseshoe Bay Nimpkish Karel Doruyter BC Ferries
Ferry Terminal
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