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n Statesman, Bowmanville, July 7, 1976 Section Two urg -wFamdîw-%Ily's ta Inuvîk vîleged Tnpt )n his wife Wilson says the federal )f his children government stili controls ail week stay in these services, but eventually town 1,800 the territories ,vill take over Cobourg, a the responsibilities. In the winter, the Inuvik ve a chance area is serviced onfly by air be sure and with two daily flights from * "Very few Edmonton (1,200 miles south), ee this part and two weekly flights from and we feel Whitehorse. Ail food, supplies iat we were and passengers to the north iat have." are transported by these family went flights. id of March In the summer these flights .opening for are suppllemented by water con in the traffic up the Mackenzie n the town. River, a 1,000 mile trip from wson from the nearest road to the Hay tly in Inuvik River on the Great Slave id Dr. John Lake. * former From December to April al nt will be local traffic travels on ice general-sur- roads which Wilson says are igust for two similar to fourlane highways and are kept plowed through- attended a out the winter. sented by "Whiat's surprising is that rt gallery, even with only about 40 miles ring whicha of a regular road system, nvironmnent there are approximately 4,000 northern cars including 60 to 70 taxis in the Inuvik area," says Wilson. opulation of "And besides a car, most ed by the people also have a snow- nt in 1935 as mobile." ýealth care, The Hudson Bay Co. is the rninistration major food and dry goods ea of the store in Inuvik with prices being about 410 per cent higher than prices in Edmonton. fATSON'S "For example a quart of EXPRESS milkis $1.60, a loaf of bread, 8o ~ OWN cents, a dozen eggs, $1.50 and q WN a maîl roast cannot be boughit ~. gaffh for under $10." says Wilson. "lu was able to buy the Globe . and Mail 24 hours after it was printed in Toronto, though." Wilson says the majority of~- people in Inuvik are white and are comprised mainly of civil i servants. This also includes about 250 armed service personnel. Originally alI public and , highschool students camne to Inuvik for their education, but now the smaller settlements are getting their own public schools and the students only comne to Inuvik for grades nîne to 1:3. "Something we found inter- esting is that most of these northern communities, Inuvik- included, has a curfew where all children 13 and under must be off the streets by 9 o'clock. This is in answer to the ~ beginnings of problemis of vandalisma. Also as the days- lengthen, more children are apt to stay ont loing after they ,should be at home. " When the Wilsons left Inuvik in April, the suni didn't set until 11:30 p.m. and later in the summer, there are 44 days of complete daylight. "Conversely though, there ' are 44 days in the winterxwhen the sun neyer rises," says Wilson. During their stay in Inuvik, the Wilsons lived in a three- bedroom house in the Easter- egg community of the town (so-called because of the varions, blue, green, pink and mïmmmm yellow colors of the homes). K 'w All bu"i',ngs in the north are ,ý- - cted on stilts which , i into the groîund. ,~foundations aren't cal because of the prob- ýof heaving and buck;ing 2ý to the permafrost," says ýV1son. -~Each. home is serviced Ly aTk "utildore," a four foot square Tie 1 alluminum pipe built abveR~ , round, containing the water R d supply, and sewage system. The buildings of Inuvik are Here's heated by a hot water system a ;-11-1- - IlP Yur udoor Living Neediî APO noer imBu 2011 Fan s At Beaverl 7 V2# Tiltinlg 48"'«Redwood Sturdy Redwood Umbrella PtoTbe lbCci Heavy g a ug e PtoTbe Cu hi spring wire rib con- Weather-resistant, An attractive, out- struction. 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