Wednesday, July 22, 2009

DSC_8308_V2


DSC_8308_V2, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

This sculpture, symbolic of the cooperation of the three races in this community and in the North, was erected by the Government of the Northwest Territories in honour of the official opening of Inuvik. The opening ceremony was performed by the Right Honourable John George Diefenbaker, P.C., M.P. who was the first Prime Minister to visit any part of Canada north of the Arctic Circle, July 21, 1961

Photo ©2009 George Lessard

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