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Federal Hostel at Great Whale River (QC)

Dates of Operation
December 15, 1960 - June 30, 1970
Description
The Federal Hostel at Great Whale River 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. Although Kuujjuaraapik had three eight bed hostels, they were often used for other purposes such as housing for construction crews and classroom space. 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. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)
Denomination
None

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Alternate Name(s)
Great Whale River Hostels
Great Whale River Small Hostels
Kuujjaraapik
Poste-de-la-Baleine
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Location
"Point is on one of the buildings used as the hostel in Kuujjuarpik (Great Whale). In the 1960s, the two adjacent buildings were also used as hostels. The original school building still exists and is at 55.279371, -77.756286" (Orlandini, 2019).
Location Credit
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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