Established in 1987, Wickaninnish Gallery serves a loyal worldwide clientele that returns for the unequalled selection and knowledgeable service.

Wickaninnish Gallery is located on the world-famous Granville Island, just off of the downtown core of Vancouver, British Columbia. Wickaninnish Gallery operates in the historical Net Loft building that houses and eclectic group of successful one-of-a-kind boutiques found nowhere else in Canada.

Wickaninnish Gallery has earned a solid reputation as a resource of custom work including custom-designed Sterling silver and gold jewellery. Particularly popular are wedding rings, bracelets, earrings, and necklaces carved with the traditional Northwest Coast native symbols such as the bear, thunderbird, frog, raven and eagle.

To ensure that the boutique gives prominence to both traditional and leading-edge styles, founder and owner Patricia Rivard draws from a pool of more than 30 artists to select the best examples in each medium. Wickanninish Gallery is known for discovering and showcasing emerging talent, but it also always offers a variety of works by well-establish artists such as Roy Henry Vickers, Art Thompson and Susan Point.

Patricia Rivard named her Gallery after Chief Wickaninnish, the most powerful chief among the Nuu-chah-nulth in the late 1700s. The youngest of Chief Wickaninnish’s four daughters was the mother of Rivard’s grandfather. The name Wickaninnish means Roaring Waters. The Nuu-chah-nulth are a group of First Nations living on the west coast of Vancouver Island where the pounding waves of the open Pacific Ocean affect all life. Rivard was born in the area, in the town of Tofino. She is a member of the Ucluelet First Nation, one of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nations.