Gjoa Haven heritage centre is preserving Nattilik Inuit history amid growing interest in Northwest Passage
Gjoa Haven heritage centre is preserving Nattilik Inuit history amid growing interest in Northwest Passage

sculptures in the forefront, models of Inuit in parkas in the background

As interest in the Northwest Passage grows, the Nattilik Heritage Centre wants to showcase, and preserve, more of Nattilik Inuit history. The museum is in Gjoa Haven – a community central to the ill-fated Sir John Franklin expedition in 1845.