About This Exhibit

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The Inuvialuit

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Place Names

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Nuligak

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Ways to Travel

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Map and Journey

By Dogsled

Five, six even nine and ten Inuit families would travel together, piling all their belongings on sleds. ("I, Nuligak" p. 25)

The winter is good time for travelling because the rivers and lakes are frozen and snow covers the ground. Sleds pulled by dogs move easily across the land.

By Foot

… our group went fishing at the lake. We went on foot, carrying our personal bundles on our shoulders. ("I, Nuligak" p. 25)

Once the snow was off the land and before the ice had melted from the rivers and ocean, people went on foot to inland areas for hunting and fishing. They carried their possessions in packs strapped over their shoulder. Dogs also carried packs.

By Boat

That summer of 1926 I owned a schooner at last! It was a brand-new one, built that year, and called the Bonnie Belle. It was forty feet long, with a Francisco Standard heavy duty horsepower machine to make fire. ("I, Nuligak" p. 157)

Schooners were a favoured way of traveling in the summer months. They were Fitted with sails, inboard motors and cabins that provided shelter.