IRSHDC : School : Federal Hostel at Lake Harbour (NU) [18727]

Federal Hostel at Lake Harbour (NU)

Dates of Operation

September 20, 1963 - April 30, 1965

Description

The Federal Hostel at Lake Harbour was part of the Northern Affairs Branch (NAB) Small Hostels program. 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. Children staying in the hostels attended local day schools. The Lake Harbour facility was operated out of a federal building until an official hostel could be opened. Limited classroom space in the community during the 1960s mediated against boarding in too many children at any one time. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

None

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Alternate Name(s)

Kimmirut Hostel
Lake Harbour Federal Hostel

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Location

"Point is on the site of the former federal school in Lake Harbour (Kimmirut). The hostel was adjacent to the school building. The day care is now located where the hostel was situated" (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]