Sachs Harbour

Leslie Philipp (CC BY 2.0)

Sachs Harbour (pop. 114) is an Inuvialuit community located on the south coast of Banks Island. Sachs Harbour is also home to Aulavik National Park, and two bird sanctuaries. Muskoxen are abundant here.

Articles

March 2018

The Finest Spring Skiing In The World

Inuvik’s races once hosted world champions. Now it's all about fun.

Written by Jess Dunkin

TESSA MACINTOSH/NWT ARCHIVES G-1995-001-:5953

December 2017

For the love of history!

The rationale for saving storied Northern documents from the historical scrap heap.

Written by Herb Mathisen

OUR TROVE OF ARCTIC LORE IS LOOKING FOR A GOOD HOME.

A Tale Of Two Worlds: The North 150 Years Later

Seven moments when the North's relationship with Canada fundamentally changed

Written by Up Here

Crowds assemble on Treaty Day in Fort Rae, NWT, in the 1930s. Photo courtesy of Glenbow Museum NA-3844-58

The Solar Expedition

For half the year, the North has bottomless potential for renewable energy. And then the lights go out

Written by Elaine Anselmi

Photo courtesy Shane Andre

Epilogue To The Ice Age

Massive landslides and shifting rivers may mean the Laurentide Ice Sheet is only now disappearing from Canada’s North

Written by Tim Edwards

Rob Fraser/Canada Center for Remote sensing

The Coastal Link

The trials and tribulations of commercial shipping in the North

Written by Elaine Anselmi

Photo courtesy NTCL

March 2016

For The Fun Of It

Anauligaaq is like baseball, cricket and stickball. But also not at all.

Written by Herb Mathisen

Illustration by Andrew Qappik, C/O Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts

September 2015

Ambulances in the Sky

Where they’re going, they don’t need roads. Across the North, ground transportation just isn’t possible and many local health care centres offer only the most basic of services. That’s when ACCESS air ambulances swoop in, with medevacs proving the quickest—and often, the only—way of getting patients the medical treatment they need.

Written by Herb Mathisen

Ambulance rides in the North often take you five miles in the sky. Photo: Hannah Eden/Up Here

February 2015