I am told the name on this catamaran means 'where are you' in bad French. She called into town for a few hours yesterday, came up from Venezuela and heading for Cape Chidley before returning to Nain in 2 to 3 weeks.
The greeting crew were out.
On the opposite side of the dock to the catamaran were two long liners [out of the picture; one recently purchased].One spent the day being loaded up with supplies, material for the temporary camp, kayaks and sundries for the summer program in the Torngat Mountains National Part.
The recently purchased vessel will be going to the same place in a couple of days. Some cleaning up is being undertaken. Both vessels will do some work for Parks Canada while in the area.
There are some interesting dichotomies going on with the Park, what with the Inuit in Quebec being on the Co Management Board, and other things.
A third long liner has been busy taking an archeological crew up to Green Island then on its return loaded up the Buddy Merkuratsuk family for their stint in Hebron. They will be monitoring the Historical sight for 6 weeks or so, making sure any visiting people from boats and choppers do not inadvertently take things from the remaining buildings on site. Seems many items from the buildings have been disappearing. Better late than not at all.
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I looked at the hebron site. What beautiful colours.
Fascinating that the locals built igloos in the winter and lived in tents in the summer, and used the buildings for safe storage!
What a different life from all that is familiar to us southerners!
The wild fire up here is just starting to bloom, it takes over many areas but the added color is welcome. It has medicinal properties too.
As to Hebron: It is amazing up that area for sure, hard to describe in words. To the people; at the time described I guess they were in transition from the nomadic life to the white way. Many Inuit today are still resisting in their own way. Some do not put any value in the homes they are put, material things mean nothing to many; assimilation is not complete by a long shot.
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