What a relief that the 6-8inches of snow of last weekend had all melted in time for the Canada Day festivities in Kimmirut. Many families gathered in a central area for various contests, all offering prizes.
Below is the tea boiling contest which is a race to see who can make their kettle of tea boil the fastest using scrubby low growth from the hills to fuel their fires. All three contestants won prizes!
A young couple shows off their baby's Canada Day outfit. This family's other claim to fame is their engaging little dog Rocky who can be seen daily socializing around town with humans and canines alike.
Children lined up to take a turn at bean bag toss trying to hit a pop can. The bicycle event had been earlier in the afternoon. The white and green building is the local parks office with lots of interesting information and displays.
It's becoming dangerous to drive snowmobiles to the floe edge now to hunt because the ice is getting soft and there is a lot of water on the surface. So folks are starting to put their boats into lakes for hunting and fishing inland. Wednesday we saw duck hunters and people walking on a far-off island who seemed to be looking for seagull eggs, a local favourite. We were told it's a good time to gather mussels, and it is apparently the right time for fishing Arctic Char in the fast water.
As best I can tell from my wild flower book this lovely purple flower is a member of the lousewort family, either Arctic or hairy. Whichever, I think it definitely deserves a more attractive name. Doesn't this one have a nice view! Gray plumes to its right are Arctic willow.
It was a cool, maybe around 5 above, sunny afternoon. We hope to return to this spot, the Reversing Falls, soon to go fishing. I think Inuit are allowed to fish with nets but we will be taking our fishing rods. It isn't easy to see the fast water in this photo, but it really moves along. About the middle of this picture you might just be able to make out a duck hunter on his four wheeler.
This caribou skull and antlers has been here long enough for moss to have started growing over it.
Just so beautiful.
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