Visitors to the Selma Park beach where the orca J34, known as DoubleStuf, was towed after being found dead last December have been pleasantly surprised to see the whale represented in stone.
The beach-rock mosaic was laid out by local artist Sarah Marceau and her nephews Ryder and Tyson Seabrook and niece Chelsey Seabrook.
Marceau told Coast Reporter that it took them three days, from last Friday to Sunday, to gather and place the rocks. She also said they were surprised by how quickly word spread, and the reaction the stone orca has been getting.
“I’m just so overwhelmed,” she said. “People were saying when we were down there [working] how awesome it was and we were stoked. My little nephews and niece were super excited. I didn’t expect any of this.”
Marceau said her mom came up with the idea of doing something to pay tribute to J34, and the idea of the stone mosaic came from a coworker at BC Ferries.
The whale mosaic is below the high-tide mark, and Marceau said when the tide’s just right it looks like the orca is swimming through the waves.
