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Rankin Inlet is an Arctic ghost town that refuses to die. The mine is shut and its cluster of buildings stands abandoned. The nickel production has burst, as indeed it was known it would, once the deposits of high-grade ore were depleted.
Bows and arrows were one form of hunting implement.
She was built as a supply ship, but throughout her storied career, the Nascopie was also a tourist vessel, a search-and-rescue ship, a reindeer transporter and ... submarine killer?
The cassette seen here was once owned by George Simpson McTavish Jr., who was born at Fort Albany on the west coast of James Bay.
Cast in delicate hues of red, blue and golden yellow, the visitors’ gallery is softly bathed in colour from the windows dedicated to the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
A canoe model made by an Anishinabe man.
Musket evokes spiritual side of hunting.
The Public Health Nurse lives at Whitehorse but has to journey to all parts of the Yukon.
Parkas like this early 1940s coat, made by the Kimmirut Inuit, are quite rare.
This is a story, a true story, of a trapper and a bear; of a phonograph and a dance.
Dec 08, 2016 The Globe and Mail: Viola Desmond to be on Canada’s new $10 bill
Dec 06, 2016 The Canadian Press: Lasers on a thumbnail reveal Franklin expedition diet, cause of death
Dec 04, 2016 CBC News: Britain to get first major exhibition of Canada’s Franklin artifacts