McKinleyville, California: World's Largest Totem Pole
Carved in 1962 by Ernest Pierson. At the time it was 160 feet tall: the world's largest. On May 25, 2023, the rotted top of the pole had to be amputated with a chainsaw; now it's estimated to be 125 feet tall. It still claims to be the world's largest.
- Address:
- Central Ave., McKinleyville, CA
- Directions:
- At the corner of Pickett and Gwinn Rds, at the back of the Safeway.
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They are currently painting the pole. The area around it is taped off.
[Vera, 11/20/2023]
Claims to to the world's largest totem pole, 160 ft tall. In parking lot near Safeway.
[Jim Matthews, 04/02/2008]
Here's a picture of the World's Tallest Totem Pole. I heard it wasn't officially the tallest until they placed the antennae on top.
[Joe Tamony, 02/18/2007]Near down McKinleyville, behind the Safeway in the McKinleyville Shopping Center, is what could be the world's tallest totem pole from a single tree. The 160-foot-high pole was carved by the late Ernest Pierson and his friend John Nelson, to commemorate the grand opening of the McKinleyville Shopping Center in 1962.
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