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[Baker Lake] (1986). Source: Northwest Territories Archives.

Federal Hostel at Baker Lake (NU)

Dates of Operation
January 21, 1961 - January 22, 1968
Description
The Federal Hostel at Baker Lake was part of the Northern Affairs Branch (NAB) Small Hostels program, launched in 1960. The Small Hostel setting was supposed to come close to the traditional home life of Inuit children. The hostels usually held eight beds each, and local community members worked as Hostel Mothers or Hostel Parents. They operated the residences under the supervision of the Federal Day School Principal. Children staying in the hostels attended local day schools. At the height of the program, Baker Lake had two eight bed hostels. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)
Denomination
None

More Information

Alternate Name(s)
Baker Lake Federal Day School Pupil Residence
Baker Lake Federal Hostel
Buildings 19 and 20 at Baker Lake
Federal Hostel at Baker Lake, Qamani'tuaq
North Hostel and South Hostel at Baker Lake
Qamani'tuaq
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Map Information

Location
"Point is on one of the hostel buildings in Baker Laker (Building #20) and this building still exists. The other hostel building, which has been torn down, was located 40 metres north (Building #19). The Federal school was situated at 64.318507 -96.020349" (Orlandini, 2019).
Location Credit
Rosa Orlandini and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. 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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