August 7, 2011 Gjoa Haven

We flew from Iqaluit to Yellowknife with a stop in Rankin Inlet, Friday after work. We gained two hours. But still arrived in Yellowknife after the book store closed. Went to the Black Knight bar and ran into one of the defence counsel, Tamara. Flew out at 10am for Gjoa Haven with a stop in Taloyoak. The plane was very small and got to sit in the last row by the window. It was about an hour late arriving in Gjoa Haven. It was a beautiful sunny day everywhere. Tamara came in on a later plane that left in the afternoon and arrived about an hour later than we did. Met with her after supper and gave her our positions on all the files. She was to meet with clients that evening and today. The second defence counsel should be arriving shortly. Walked over to her office last night and today. She was given the key to the building and just left the door unlocked. 


Joe and I walked down to the RCMP detachment and saw them down the road in their truck speaking to someone. I waved and the person they were talking to told them we were behind. Good because they were on their way to go fishing. But they came back to the office and we talked about some of the cases and made some arrangements to meet with witnesses. 

The hotel, Inns of the North, Amundsen Hotel. This is how it looked last time I was here in February 2011.

The Ice Palace
Last night I walked down to the RCMP building (and I forgot to take a photo - next time) and then down towards the dock. 

There appeared to be a dog or person swimming. People came in in their boats. Some sled dogs are tied up to their dog houses along here too so stayed respectfully away from them. 


Today we walked over to where there is a memorial to Amundsen and some boats up on the hill. The directions we were given were bizarre and must have been for people who drive. Finally we just struck off for the beach and found a 'bridge' like the one over the River Kwai - just kidding. I even saw one ATV drive right over it but I wasn't ready for it and all the others I saw just drove beside it. 

Then we walked along the beach and headed up the hill.

I saw this boy and his Dad with their scooter, fishing. 

Then on the way back they were packing up and I asked them if they had caught anything. They hadn't maybe because it was low tide. So I asked if I could take their photo and here it is:

This is the memorial and four old boats that we walked to see. I did take some close-ups but will save them for another time. 

As you can see it is a sunny cloudless day.