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Federal Hostel at Port Harrison (QC)

Dates of Operation
November 1, 1960 - June 30, 1971
Description
The Port Harrison Federal Day School opened in 1949 in what is now Inukjuak, Québec. In the early 1960s, with the addition of a number of hostels, the school was able to board students. The school burned down twice: once during the 1974 1975 school year, and again during the 1983 1984 school year The school was operated by the federal government until 1972, when it was operated in partnership with the Québec government. Two years later the Québec government took responsibility for the school. It was transferred to the Kativik School board, Canada’s first Inuit-controlled school board, in 1978. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)
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None

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Alternate Name(s)
Federal Hostels at Port Harrison
Innoucdouac
Inoucdjouac
Port Harrison Federal Day School Hostels
Port Harrison Hostels
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Location
"Point is on the site of the former Federal Day School. In 1962, one of the teachers residences located adjacent (west side) to the school was used as a hostel. The teacher's residence and school are on the air photos from 1964" (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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