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Yellow
House in Pangnirtung |
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House completed in 1926.
Maurice Haycock’s home for a year. |
When Maurice Haycock travelled to Pangnirtung,
Baffin Island in 1926 to map the Cumberland Sound area,
his first duty was to build a house. Over the years
this house was renovated and moved, took on various
roles, became the doctor’s house and eventually
the Tourism Office. Haycock’s last visit to Pangnirtung
was in 1987. He observed, “To my delight we
learned our old house was being used as a visitors’
centre…I was pleased to see it had survived and
was still being used by the people of Pangnirtung”.
Maurice Haycock is very evident in
the oral history of the Inuit in Pangnirtung. We hope
to restore the house he built and have it designated
as a heritage site. Although this house was designated
for demolition, the Inuit elders in the community are
interested in it being restored. Possible uses for the
house would include residence for visiting Inuit and
non-Inuit artists, artist resource centre, museum, etc.
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Haycock returns in 1971, 45 years later.
It has a new roof. |
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Haycock,
who remains part of the local oral history, was surrounded
by young Inuit while painting in 1971. |
In 2004, 78 years later,
Linda Mackey and Kathy Haycock (daughter of Maurice Haycock)
plan 2006 celebrations outside Haycock’s old house,
on a skid—their ocean-view deck. The house has been
moved, painted yellow and is in disrepair. |
Maurice Haycock and his daughters
been a great inspiration for Arctic Quest.
To learn more about this talented and historical artist,
please see www.haycock.ca |
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