Item N-2003-014: 0008B - [Interview with Mary Hunter]

• Sound recording

1 audio cassette (46 min. 01 sec.) : 0.4 cm, 10 x 6.5 x 1.2 cm

This recording features an interview with Mary Hunter, who discusses her experience living in Fort Franklin (Deline) in the 1950s, including how she received parenting advice from nurses by radio, as well as the church in Deline and the supplies and stock available at the Hudson’s Bay Company store in Deline. She also discusses her relocation to Aklavik, and the visitors that she would receive in Aklavik including doctors and nurses from neighboring communities. She reminisces about medical services and the Hudson’s Bay Company store in Aklavik, and reveals how she learned to bake bread in Aklavik. She speaks about the visit of Ritchie Calder, a journalist based in Glasgow who was commissioned by the United Nations to write a book titled Men Against the Frozen North. She discusses the feasts in Tuktoyaktuk, and how she handled medical emergencies in Tuktoyaktuk.

In the second segment of this interview, Mary Hunter discusses her life in Fort Norman during 1958, northern Alberta in 1963-1965, Fort Rae between 1965-1968, and Yellowknife in 1968. Her memories of Fort Norman include the visit of the Governor General and the measles epidemic.