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Dunkirk, New York: Giant Indian Head: Ong-Gwe-Ohn-Weh

One of dozens of similar, yet all different, giant Indian heads sculpted out of tree trunks by Peter Toth.

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Giant Indian Head: Ong-Gwe-Ohn-Weh

On Lake Shore Drive West in Dunkirk is an huge Indian head carved out of the trunk of a tree that used to stand there. It was hand carved some time in the 1970s and is pretty impressive. It is in front of the city water filtration plant in Dunkirk, on Rt.5 which becomes Lake Shore Drive in the city.

[Steven George, 06/16/2002]

Giant Indian Head: Ong-Gwe-Ohn-Weh

Address:
Lake Shore Drive, Dunkirk, NY
Directions:
Lake Shore Drive West (Route 5). Next to the city's water tower.
Admission:
Free
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