Cree film hopes to attract tourists to remote destination – CBC
Nunaaluk was an Inuit community on the Twin and Cape Hope Islands that was abandoned in the 1960’s
Cree in the James Bay region of Quebec are hoping a long-forgotten story of an Inuit settlement in their midst will bring eco-tourists to the region. The Cree Outfitting and Tourism Association (COTA) has produced a documentary with filmmaker Louise Abbott, called Nunaaluk: The Forgotten Story.
In the late 1920’s, a small group of Inuit settled in Nunaaluk, a community on the Twin and Cape Hope Islands in James Bay.
In 1960, the federal government told the community they had to leave Nunaaluk and move north to Great Whale River. Stewart says it was part of the government’s policy to “centralize” aboriginal people into permanent communities.
