Manniliqpik Inuvialuit family in front of a dog sled
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An egging expedition to Manniliqpik
An egging expedition to Manniliqpik, circa 1915.
(National Archives of Canada/172916/R.M. Anderson)

Explore Manniliqpik
"Place Where They Lay Eggs"

Manniliqpik is a nesting area for geese and other birds on a series of islands in the mouth of the Anderson. People went to Manniliqpik by sled in spring to collect eggs for food, and to gather down for things like blankets and pants.

Listen to snow geese at a nesting area. (Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology/Library of Natural Sounds)

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