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