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Shopping
Shop our Museums and Gift Shops - Masset and Old Massett-Haida
Moon over Naikoon
A motley collection of skulls and crossbones, ranging from the massive jaws of the gray whale to the delicate skull and claws of the bald eagle (for display only, not for sale); aided and abetted by agates, fossils, gold coral and highly unusual specimens of flotsam and jetsam, including huge Japanese glass ball floats and ancient galleon anchors that form part of the gift shop, which is a veritable shopper’s treasure trove of unusual gifts hand-crafted from indigenous materials garnered from ocean and forest, along with art inspired by life spent on the beach. Their café features daily homemade bread and baking, soups and pizza. Book ahead for Saturday night seafood feasts. Open jams on weekends.
Tow Hill Gallery
Fresh gourmet coffee and teas for sale or sipping, cookie-pie-and-cake, shakes and slurpies, plus unusual and outstanding island art, photography and screensavers. Main feature consists of a rogue’s gallery of sculpted heads at (bargain prices) depicting the lighter side of the human condition …… You can even shop for exotic art-deco leaded glass antique windows, circa 1900, all the way from New Zealand.
Kayak & Canoe rentals too.
Haida Art - Old Massett
Shop for a stunning array of native arts and crafts showcasing Haida art, gold and silver jewelry, argillite* and wood carvings, button blankets, cedar woven hats and jewelry, prints, tee-shirts and cards in stores in both Masset and Haida villages. Studio visits may be arranged with some local craftsmen for a selection of that special gift.
(*An exclusively indigenous black slate carved only by the Haida.)
Wilfred's Wonderland - Masset
Wilfred's carving shed is located in a veritable hobbit-land, with little statues punctuating every turn in the garden, and all window frames, banisters, gable-ends etc. carved out. The carving shed is carpeted with shavings and pungent with the smell of cedar and oil. You can spend time chatting and sniffing and caressing the bowls and spoons, and admiring the various items, all of which are obviously hand-carved and whimsically lopsided and off-centre, adding to their beauty and value. A fairy-tale shopping experience seldom found elsewhere.
Ongoing Community Events
Are featured in the local paper, including Canada Day and Masset Harbour Day celebrations, as well as various unscheduled native potlatches and fund-raising lunches and dinners, open to the public, at which you can sample traditional Haida fare at bargain prices.
Fresh fish
Shop for Fresh fish and seafood, available to go, at Seapack in Masset, right behind Masset grocery. Arrangements may be made locally for the smoking, freezing, and packaging and shipment of your catch or your purchase.
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