Vol. 47, No. 4

“I finished high school, so they said I was qualified to become a labourer on the Base, and they hired me! I was sitting in the waiting room to get hired, and there was this other young fella my age there, and the person who hired us said, “you fellas are gonna go to Iqaluit.” In those days, they called it Frobisher Bay.” Hector Blake, ‘Promising Young Lads’

“Avanimiut were Inuit who maintained traditional lifeways, autonomy, and spiritual beliefs in northernmost Labrador.” ‘Avanimiut’

“Saglek was one of several radar site in Labrador, providing a wall of defence against planes travelling on the top of the world. William recalls Goose Bay being known as “the Fort.” He continued that “You go there, you process in, they check your orders and check where you’re going. They issue you Arctic gear. And if you had to go to the dentist or anything like that, they just check you over again, make sure you haven’t developed anything since you actually left that at your last base” Emma Gilheany, ‘Memories and Nightmares of Sagek