00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.837005 CaOODSP 20221107151032 cr ||||||||||| 170518s1959 onc #ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cnh-- R42-3/1959-2E-PDF VanStone, James W., 1925- The Caribou Eskimos of Eskimo Point [electronic resource] / J.W. Van Stone, W. Oswalt. Caribou Eskimo community of Eskimo Point [Ottawa?] : Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, Northern Co-ordination and Research Centre, [1959?]. 33 p. NCRC ; 59-2 Title from cover. Digitized edition from print [produced by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada]. Includes bibliographical references. "Eskimo Point is the most important population, administrative, trading, and mission center for the Eskimos of western Hudson Bay between Churchill and Rankin Inlet. The community proper is located along a boulder strewn beachline which drops off toward a small inlet on the sea side to the north. To the south behind the community the land gives way to a series of lakes and sloughs, finally terminating at an opposite beach about two miles away. The surrounding flora consists primarily of grasses, mosses, and low growing vascular plants which typify the tundra of this area. A faunal inventory includes mainly the white fox, the migratory barren-ground caribou, ground squirrels and a few lemmings. Sea mammals frequenting the adjacent coast include the harbor seal, ringed seal, bearded seal, white whale (beluga) and, rarely,walrus. The only local fish of economic importance is the arctic char. In the summer there are migratory water fowl including ducks, geese, and cranes in addition to shore birds and gulls."--p. [1]. gccst Inuit gccst Economic conditions gccst Population distribution Oswalt, Wendell H. Northern Co-ordination and Research Centre (Canada) Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. NCRC (Series) 59-2. (CaOODSP)9.837026 PDF 4.59 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/aanc-inac/R42-3-1959-2-eng.pdf