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Installed near the Tofino-Ucluelet Junction, Hetu\u2019s latest carving titled Eclipse of the Hunter\u2019s Moon \u2013 a project he worked on with his students from the Toquaht Carving School \u2013 can be viewed from the multi-use path. Carved using traditional and modern tools with store-bought Abalone shell inlays, Eclipse of the Hunter\u2019s Moon portrays two wolves hunting during a lunar eclipse. 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