— - : X quae ’ m 2 i ; 1 ee ° e f : a Oo, ; ! ~ “aie. { =a a — : Thriving Aklavik Is Alive , MWe... a A 4g 4 Pg a . i . ’ s vend = (Bet a es mF | Despite Ottawa's Decree | ¢ r eit ae od ; . a # 4 | * . r a4 LE . ie £ f PA ot] AKLAVIK. NWT (CP)—I {dren continued to go moe “Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” a - P aoe w /Aklavik, a thriving hunting and school, which the govern-/ SECOND SECTION Charlottetown, Thurs., Sept. 8, 1966. an PAGE 13

-itrapping community 35 miles had not got around to —— south of the Arctic’ Ocean,*peo-labandoning. The Hudson's Bay : we y ple tell the story of the teen-idid a booming business and | a % ager who left for high school injtravellers still stayed at the.) \Calgary last year. She read old -wooden hotel. The popula- | with surprise. in her ~ social tion inched back up sto 700. i _ {Studies text, that Aklavik mo pyt like an ostrich, the gov-; ’ ' \longer existed. - lernment put its head in the! ,|. “It does so," she told herjsand and refused to acknowl-| \disbelieving teacher. “I come ledge Aklavik’s existence,” Sid from there.” Hancock, regional _adritinistrator | |. The story not only shows the for the northern affairs depart- jdanger of believing everything |ment at Inuvik, said | in school texts, but illustrates} wyany Aklavik buildings began the will of a group of people to tg rot and the community looked | keep their community alive de- |increasingly like a shack town. | spite officiat”‘insistenceon “its Some say ‘it was the school | death, jquestion that finally pulled the | Ten years ago the federal jostrich from. the sand. Last | government decided that Ak'a-|year Mrs. Sarah Gardlund, who | vik, built on the silt of the |has two children at the school, | Mackenzie River delta, was |moticed its rotting timbers. She sinking irretrievably into the jcirculated -a petition for a new permafrost. Today, Aklavik isjbuilding. Both teachers and ‘still here and the government |parents signed it. jis planning a major rebuilding iRUT_DING BOOM -ON Program in the settlement. | Faced with the alternative of | Old-timers _recal! that in the | rebuilding or—forcing Aklavik | (1920s and ‘30s Aklavik was the ‘children to school at Inuvik, the | metropolis of the Arctic. It had |sovernment. decided to rebuild. | two missions, two hospitals, | As a result, Aklavik children | RCMP and Signal Corps sta-jnext term will have school in! tions, a Hudson's Bay. Co. post | six temporary classrooms, ‘due

“ and, by. 1931, about 400 people. 'to arrive by barge in Septem- = iThe Yfor” Macken-" , , GEN. VANIER RECEIVES ARCHBISHOP ie sma mt tenes he an , Pete tooov 8 Lr ABANDONED Governor - General Vanier Ramsay addressed the Ot- Pope Paul. The Archbishop de- One of Canada’s richest regions. /19 he ready by September, 1967: pring Aklavik almost to the I iORW EG eee

(LEFT) talks with Dr. Miche tawa Men's. Canadian: ‘Club. scribed the role of the commis. MuSMrat pelts brought | $2.5) ‘his summer Aklavik iS size of Inuvik, which has. a

. : ” : apiece and some years 250,000 : : ti ; se) Ramsay, Archbishop of He told the club a Canadian sion as discussion,of “‘doctrin- peits were taken. After the first | mening with construction_..; permanent population of about

: : will be named to the Anglican- | differences and practical i i i Canterbury, at a reception in Roman Catholic Nonnacee Oraets which give ee va air mail arrived in 1929 it be building an apartment and five

| The 2,726-ton Norwegian fer- _ by its passengers and most of bound for Denmark from Nore The federal. government is 1,800. . l-ry boat | Skagerrak wallows ° the crew. A°huge wave hit the Way. A huge rescue. armada Mr.’ Trimble says he thinks | helplessly in heavy seas Wed- ship causing a leak which ,\ccued almost | everyone

, led : : came.‘a northern air, base as ; ae aboard. Only two are known cores mouse ; ve being formed as a result of members of either church.” well. oe i gt 2 ie wa s ee ey sre. eee | nesday .40 miles north of the flooded the engine room. At dead. y awa arlier, Dr: his meeting in March with (CP Wirephoto) REFUSED TO DIE cost, three-bedroom houses for |developed the area could oro- Jutland harbor town of Hirt-. least 150 persons were aboard (AP Wirephoto by cable from

Sunek was. suspended” for six But in the late 1950s the fed-|nativé northerners, first of their jyide housing for the entire shals, Denmark, abandoned the -Skagerrak, which was Copenhagen) et eral government decided to type. Total investment during |North, rather than having high- :

Exchequer Court CI anges ee cick ahaare ; the Law- |move the population of Aklavik |the next year is estimated at |poct lumber shipped from the

: ° ™ © : : 7 | : \to a new site at.Inuvik, a $34,- |$900,000. ‘south.’ Thi ld* give it a! a Brie fe | Decision On Sea Collision —__tr'sic monte and’ ine Qinck's 9.000 community 38: miles to! The Hudson's Bay Co. has sound e¢onomic base. entre ppointTs ge Kesults . : es Sunex $-the east. : istarted a new store. more than) Pica cSt at ‘ Ce : : \pilot. receive a . suspension of. There are indications that . : Are Re ed

5 ; Two: hospitals’ and a search |twice as large as the present) : cS i e i QUEBEC (CP) —The Court of sion ‘which placed respoisibility."® one: ies ‘land’ rescue station at. Aklavik lone. The RCMP is planning a eves Boe SE fd mecigne : B® s the Exchequer has altered a-de-. for oll between. two eee ee RULING | were abandoned. The’ radio sta-|new office and staff quarters. : Saeeinrisl mf ' : ‘ The . 2 talon =-0f- a: federe!-departmest gs a ee Chevalier's Pel tag. ia ed to Inuvik- and. the |Lyle Trimble, a member of the |T@lking to a territorial govern-| oF SSIS an abe rows of lay te the: Du a. federal -depar ment’ ships in the St. Lawrence River fchich had: pla tha Blane al | ion “mov ‘oO and. y: LL caaepipapiel ] |ment worker a few weeks ago, : plicate Bridge at The Charlottes of transport inquiry commis- las placed Aklavik population, now. about |Northwest Territories «counc 5

one Aklavik Eskimo admitted it ‘town Hotel Monday night followe

paar es t November on the captain i ins | ; . aL : apa’ns most equally on the captains 799, dipped to 500, all but about |and one of Aklavik’s most per- would be almost as easy to go| Confederation Centre Gallery |people and has served as water- NORTH-SOUTH

jof the two ships and two river ‘and pilots of the ships, was set|100 Indian, Eskimo or Metis. “'|sistent boosters, ho ini ‘ : ee " jaside/ i ; ; Sa Eeces: (Dae i i . ifront director at summer - wu, WORTH:S frites: . -.«_ jaside/in favor of a judgment) But Aklavik is situated imhis- hotel this fall, The old one |“@PPing trom pone ae and Museum has announced the | orn ed by the YMCA’ in Halt. |1- Mrs.-J. Larabee ‘and Lee . , The 23,000-ton Canadian ote | whi held the Sunek’s captain re of the richest muskrat \burnéd down in September, 1965. jat Te eee ee appointment of Donald Pentz einen Y aavetsiar Guadlans Carragher ; ; . PHARMACY [carrier Lawrencecliffe Hall and /and pilot almost wholly respon- |iand in Canada. Gradually more |g1ZE COULD DOUBLE °* He ainte dite’ rw " |Bridgewater, N.S. as art gallery 4, held a number~of jobs that|.7, \i- and Mrs. EE Douglas the 6,000-ton German freighter |sible . | } ‘ \He simply didn’t want to move. istant | and My. and Mira. 3 Gaudie QUALITY DRUGS > 6; ee ore ; phy ' Dave Molstad, northern af-| assistant. . ; ‘ranged from seaman to forest |@nd Mr. and Mrs. J . SERVICE _ pSunek - collided. in 7s blinding |’ Judge Chévalier held that the | might be determined as a factor \fairs area administrator at Ax- SPACE EXPERTS IN CUBA | Mr. Pentz graduated this year fire fighter. awn oc Mes. ¥. SAVINGS eee Nov. 14, 1965, 14/Lawrencecliffe Hall's speed of-in the collision, “. . . the main jlavik, says he thinks the com-| MIAMI, Fla. (AP) — Havana jfrom the fine arts department of | At the Gallery Mr. Pentz will “Qi. to Wellin ant te We Dispense any Prescription [ues downstream from Queber 14 knots was excessive but the cause or causes of the collision (munity can be put on a firm radio said Wednesday three |Mount: Allison University, amd |be in charge of displays in th |.0 punbar’ 5 ee cane: / \Exchequer Court ruling saidjare the ‘defaults and wrongful |base, literally, by dredging tne |Russian specialists arrived in |was top student in his class. He |children’s section and he will J. E. H. Worth | The inquiry cana jthis contention was made imlacts- of those navigating the |silt-filled Peel channel which |Cuba last month to. supervise |is a talented artist and. took a\work in the gallery's extension EAST-WEST 1914. Reg. Pharm. |headed by Judge Francois

j spite of the fact that the ship |s.§ Sunek which proceeded on Free Delivery and Mail jvalier, wound up its investiga-|had a variable-pitch propellor|an ‘erratic course. down _the Service. tion last May and Capt. Devona jand bridge control which al |north traverse channel, on the

forms one ‘side of the triangular townsite to provide fill for building in the settlement’s

consttuction of a satellite track-|strong interest in undergraduae |program for young people. He| 1. Alan Forsythe and Norman ing station in the mountains of |dramatic—productions where he wil] also assist with the installa- |MacLeod aan jOriente ‘Province. The ‘racking assisted in set designing. -~ |tion of exhibitiqgns and other gal-| 2. A. Roche and P. Grant

142 Prince St. Phone 4-3424 | Larosse of the Lawrencecliffe jlowed it to be stopped quickly. |wrong side of the channel and ‘swampy areas. station will be operated soon by| Mr. Pentz is also a self-taught |lery activities and will develop| 8. Mae Hines and Mary Duffy — 40 Years is Business — }Hall was suspended /for four! The judgment said that while |at times beyond its northwest-| ‘There could be 1.500 people ‘the Cuban Academy of Sciences, musician, afd can play piano, |the gallery's teen-age art in-| 4.-Mrs. A. Atkins and Mrs. G. = months, and the Gapjain of the ‘the Lawrencecliffe Hall's speed jern channel, .. .” : ‘here,”. he” says. This wouid the report said. - guitar, banjo, harmonica and struction classes. - }MacLean :

piano-accordion. He has had ex-' Mr. Pentz joined the gallery) 5. Mrs. R. King and Mrs. B. perience in working with young staff Tuesday, September 6. _ Plamendon. :

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