Arctic housing -- Photograph

View of Arctic Bay, northern Baffin Island, Nunavut, from the breakwater. Traditional sod and canvas summer house on the shoreline, far left next to the blue boat. White 'matchbox' house to the right (behind the white boat), an example of wooden housing provided by the Canadian federal gov...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seale, Linda N.
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 2000
Subjects:
Arctic Bay
Nunavut
Matchbox houses
Housing
Sod houses
Arctic
Baffin Island
Breakwater
The Breakwater
Arctic bay
Baffin
inuit
Online Access:https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/006a4cc4-29ae-477e-bf93-a42580edf83b
https://doi.org/10.7939/R3VD6P460
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Summary:View of Arctic Bay, northern Baffin Island, Nunavut, from the breakwater. Traditional sod and canvas summer house on the shoreline, far left next to the blue boat. White 'matchbox' house to the right (behind the white boat), an example of wooden housing provided by the Canadian federal government to Inuit families in the 1950s, in use as a storage shed. August 2000

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