Pictures from around town.
The weather finally cooperated today allowing us to drive around town and take a few pictures. I know that everyone back home has been anxiously awaiting pictures from where we now live. Hope you enjoy.
Our house and the RCMP Detachment
School
Power Station
Naja Isabelle - home for disabled kids
Front of Airport Terminal
The back of the airport terminal
Wind Sock
Airport Runway....yes, that is gravel....
Inukshuk
Arena
Snow Geese....
A view of our place and the RCMP Detachment from on the hill
Calm Air Shop/Soon to be "Ben's Candy Shop".....He's currently not running the store, but he's mentioned he will start it up again....
Cemetery
Health Center
Old hospital, now office buildings...
Inside the Church
Another statue......
Statue at the Church
Old Mission Building/Now a personal residence
Mission/Church
Mission Lake
Northern Store (Grocery/Misc Store)
This was on the side of the Northern Store....
Co-Op Store and the hotel is behind....
Arctic College
Today we had our first experience with “northern” internet. You are only allowed to use so much bandwith depending on which package you have. Well apparently we went over this and were downgraded to “dial-up”…That was painful….We have upgraded our package and hopefully won’t have to deal with that again! I don’t even want to think of how long it would have taken me to download all the pictures!!
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The above photo is me and her. You probably had it all figured out anyways. We are about to live a once in a lifetime experience, The Great White Canadian Arctic. We have decided to create this blog to keep our friends, families and curious strangers abreast of our adventures. I'm sure a few misadventures as well. All while living in Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut. Read on to see what it's all about!
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September 6th, 2009 at 20:09
The Inukshuk is unusual or different from what we are used to seeing. Is your house a semi-detached? What level of schooling is the arctic college? Funny there are fans in the church. We don’t even have that here.
September 6th, 2009 at 20:12
Yes, our place is a semi-detached. Not too sure about the Arctic College. Etienne doesn’t believe that there are any courses being held right now…But he could be wrong?!?!
September 7th, 2009 at 05:33
Inushuks come in all shapes and sizes, they don’t always look like ‘people’.
I’m jealous that your house is a pretty blue, same house though. And your detachment looks very new. Our detachment… well, it’s UGLY! It looks like a really big mobile home and is dark brown and yellow stipes.
The town looks pretty. Very flat from the looks of things.
September 7th, 2009 at 07:32
The town looks very …industrial. I never see any people around town in the pictures!
September 7th, 2009 at 07:54
lol….I guess it was the time of day because in the evening there are people all over town!!
September 7th, 2009 at 07:55
Great pictures! Is it always windy there?
September 7th, 2009 at 08:11
So far there always seems to be a wind of some sort….
September 7th, 2009 at 08:46
great pics!! i’m guessing going to the airport must be pretty easy? no huge lines/crazy security, u could probably get up 1/2 beforehand and walk over there? don’t have to worry about parking? lol
September 7th, 2009 at 10:02
How about no security at all. All the airports in the north are unsecured. We heard that even Yellowknife is unsecured…. but that’s unconfirmed.
September 7th, 2009 at 12:01
@Etienne
When I was there (10 years ago), Yellowknife was unsecure if you headed north. However, you had to go through security if heading south
September 7th, 2009 at 12:28
We loved Ben’s shop when we were there – it was the only place to get slurpies before the co-op started selling them! And as for Yellowknife airport – if you are flying from the south to a northern community you don’t go through security, but if you are flying from the north to the south you do go through security.
September 7th, 2009 at 13:34
Great pictures! I’m almost convinced to but Chesterfield Inlet on my “someday list” (got to love being a Northern teacher who is always on the move).
Yellowknife I think has about the same amount of security as Iqaluit, which is about the same for here in Whitehorse. Very minimal. I know in Nunavut, the only time I ever had to go through security is when I was flying down to Ottawa / Montreal / Winnipeg. But flights between communities, no security check.
Oh yes, Nothern Internet – how I don’t miss Qiniq. I always went over my limit and always wound up dishing out the 30$ per extra GB. Good Luck! There has been many posts regarding internet in Nunavut by many of us bloggers. You pain is well shared.
September 10th, 2009 at 02:55
I bet your getting to be a pro at Guitar Hero now hey Du-Salt??
September 10th, 2009 at 07:13
Not yet, I’m still waiting for all my stuff. We’ve been living out of 6 suitcases since we got here… Guitar hero didn’t make the cut to be packed in the suitcases!!
September 23rd, 2009 at 12:56
These picture are so fantastic, it’s definately not what I had envisioned!