Busy at the chopper pad end of town.

The yellow huey is taking drill rigs stuff west into the Kingurutik area I would presume. Just as it left this Canadian Helicopters chopper brought in some lumber. It came in from the west side of Nain Hill, dropped the load and headed straight out over the harbor to south of town.
That is the responsible way, not fly over the community because it may be the shortest route, kudos to the pilot.

Okalakatiget Society has a news brief on the increased chopper traffic in the Nain and Postville areas, to wit.

If you live in Postville or Nain you will have definitely noticed increased helicopter traffic.
That’s because of the increased mineral exploration in the two areas.
Keith Decker is AngajukKâk of the Postville Inuit Community Government.
He says there were concerns about where the helicopters were landing and refueling in Postville.
The landing and fueling was taking place near the gas station just up further from the Power plant.
Decker says for safety reasons the Town raised the issue with Aurora Energy resources, Nunatsiavut Government, LIDC and Woodward’s Oil.
The ICG identified an area where helicopter fuel could be stashed, the location being at some point of the Postville lumber road.
Decker says helicopters landed there anyway to pick up core boxes.
And Woodward’s Oil has agreed to the location because the tanker can unload its supply to the area.
The Dept. of Land and Resources of Nunatsiavut Government has to approve a permit for a landing pad to be built there.
And the employees of Postville lumber will be responsible for getting the tanks into the location.

In Nain I heard there was one person who wrote a letter to the Community Government asking for them to see what they could do to curtail the unnecessary and potentially dangerous over flying of the town, and there was one other person who phoned Transport Canada office in Moncton NB [1 506 851 7249, ask for Paul] and brought the issue to their attention.


Update:

There is still one chopper who insists on doing a run within 200 yds of the homes along the bottom of Nain Hill, both inward and outward. I have not ID it properly yet, but it is mainly a silver color with perhaps some blue, naughty naughty pilot.

Further more, dont write the elders off just yet.