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Terence Houle

Portage 2007 Vancouver

An October 2007 public intervention by Terence Houle and Trevor Freeman, involving the portage of a 16 ft canoe through the crowded downtown area of Vancouver, British Columbia, from English Bay to Coal Harbour. Dressing up in stereotypically “traditional” Aboriginal and Métis garb, Houle and Freeman traverse the populated urban terrain of Vancouver’s metropolitan centre. Hole dressed …

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