Weather is not very summery today, and not supposed to be over the long weekend. Kind of predictable that, like it’s predictable that our politicians will always disappoint ya, collectively or individually.
So we have this cruise ship in for the morning, only about 40 odd passengers, it can take 122. It’s the Lyubov Orlova headed up to Kuujjuaq for summer cruises out of that port, if you can call it a port. Seems the powers that be are attempting to get some sort of mutual tourism gig going between the two Inuit areas. I took the shot over the deck of the mv Astron; she is on her second trip of the season.
The plane [Cessna caravan] is chock full of high tech gear, it does geophysics runs in an attempt to define further what eldorados’ lay beneath the earths surface. It is here for six weeks, does a run in morning and another in evening, weather permitting. The appendage aft is an add on………and you thought it was a male plane.
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Speaking of El Doradoes, here's an interesting blast from the past. This is from the private minute books at the Moravian headquarters in London:
"Labrador Land Grants: Fuller consideration was given to the minute of the 4th of February of this problem. We decided that Br. Peacock should notify the Government mining authorities of the presence of Nickel in Nain Hill and at the same time remind them that the Prime Minister, Mr Smallwood, in an interview with BMB (British Mission Board) told us that under a new act passed in 1952 if the minerals were developed by the government 1/3 of the profits would be given to the owner of the land. This raises afresh the problem of land grants…”
“…it is possible that there may be undisclosed minerals in our land as at present held which, if developed by the Government, might bring an income to our mission under the mineral act above.” - February 1954 minute.
Interesting to see the "discovery" of Voisey's Bay in a long historical context like that (Not to mention your and Fran's brush ups with NDT). Also interesting to think that there was half a century to get ready for it, for local people to control it. ha. All those Eldorado seekers--stretching back to 1938, when the first aerial maps were made of Labrador--kept the knowledge of minerals a guarded secret.
(Not to mention that I'd like to know a little about that 1952 Act; much more generous to owners than land claim settlements...)
Interesting indeed. The environmental hearings revealed that elders of the past had full knowledge of mineral deposits all over the area. There in lay the cultural differences.
It is conveniently forgotten that the acclaimed [to some] land claims team of LIA folded when the NL government took the VB area off the table after the discovery. Imagine the benefits to the area if it was part of Inuit owned lands, well in reality it is, just not politically.
Very interesting indeed.
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