ha, custom made in toronto or montreal perhaps?

I looked into it. Apparently they are actual Nuu-chah-nulth poles from the West Coast, purchased by the CPR and installed at Wapta. The weirdness I saw in them may be due to lurid and inauthentic paint jobs applied after the fact. See here: ethnographicantiquestore.com/product/tote...

A Superb Pair of Nootka Totem Poles over 100 years old - ethnographic antique store

Crests and Symbolism of the 2 Wapta Lake Totem Poles: These 2 fine Nuu chah-nulth, or Nootka poles are carved and painted in a pure hereditary tribal tradition of the West Coast of Vancouver lsland. T...