A number of Thule sites near Chesterfield A number of Inlet Thulewere sitessurveyed near Chesterfield and excavated Inlet were surveyed and excavated in the 1920s by Peter Freuchen and in the 1920s Therkel by PeterMathiassen, Freuchen and Danish members Therkel Mathiassen, Danish members of the Fifth Thule Expedition, headed by of the Fifth Thule headed by under the KnudExpedition, Rasmussen. In 1968, Knud Rasmussen. In 1968, under the direction of Charles Merbs, the Northwest direction of Charles the Northwest HudsonMerbs, Bay Thule Project (NHBTP) (or Hudson Bay the Thule Project (NHBTP) (or to insiders), Sixth Thule Expedition the Sixth Thule Expedition to insiders), began excavating several archaeological began excavating Qamaurvik, Silumiut, and Thuleseveral sites atarchaeological Qamaurviksites. , Silumiut and Thule sites atIgluligarjuk Allan, P. McCartney Igluligarjuk sites. Allan P. McCartney led the team excavating sites between led the team Chesterfield excavating sites Inlet between and Wager Bay, including Chesterfield Inlet and Wager Bay, Silumiut site. the large classic Thuleincluding the large classic Thule Silumiut site. Some Inuit history was preserved for Some Inuit history was of preserved for form of stories hundreds years in the hundreds of years in the form of stories and legends passed from one generation and legends to passed fromToday, one generation the next. residents of Chesterfield to the next. Today, residents of some Chesterfield Inlet can recollect of the early era Caribou can often be spotted near Chesterfield Inlet - Lee Narraway, August 2002 Inlet can recollect of the early era the arrival Caribou can often be spotted near Chesterfield Inlet - Lee Narraway, August 2002 of thesome commercial whaling, of the commercial theMounted arrival Police, the of the whaling, Northwest of the Northwest the earlyMounted Hudson’sPolice, Bay Company post and early Hudson’s Bay Company post its traders, and the firstand Missionaries, its traders, and the first a legacy of Missionaries, more than 100 years. a legacy of more than 100 years.
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