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[Kugluktuk] (July 28, 1954). Source: Northwest Territories Archives.

Federal Tent Hostel at Coppermine (NU)

Dates of Operation
March 27, 1951 - September 30, 1959
Description
The Coppermine Tent Hostel opened in 1955 in what is now Nunavut. Students lived in wood-framed field tents and attended a federally funded day school in Coppermine. While the tents were easy to build, they were drafty, easily damaged by high winds, and difficult to heat. The hostel operated five months a year and housed 20 to 30 students most of whom were from the Coppermine area. In 1959 the hostel closed and most students were transferred to Inuvik. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)
Denomination
Anglican Church of Canada

More Information

Alternate Name(s)
Coppermine Experimental Tent Hostel
Coppermine Tent Hostel
Coppermine Tent Hostel School
Tent Hostel
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Map Information

Location
"Point is on the site of the former Federal School in Kugluktuk (Coppermine) and the tent hostel that surrounded the school. The school was situated on former Lot 7, NW corner of Samuel Herne and Hikok Drive" (Orlandini, 2019).
Location Credit
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and Rosa Orlandini. The school/hostel location data was collected by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission / National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Morgan Hite (Atlas of Indian Residential Schools of Canada), Stephanie Pyne (Residential Schools Land Memory Mapping Project) and Rosa Orlandini (Map and GIS Librarian, York University Libraries). The location data and associated attribute data was enhanced, revised and updated by Rosa Orlandini, in consultation with the Archivists at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
Location Source
 Orlandini, Rosa, 2019, "Residential Schools Locations Dataset (Shapefile format)", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/FJG5TG, Borealis, V3, UNF:6:TTc1mMvx2BlBqBgIN05xVw== [fileUNF]

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