My Morning Commute - Summer Edtion



A video of my morning commute in the summer.  I tried to keep close to the same route as taken with the snowmobile.  It takes a minute longer on the ATV.

 

I was trying to take more video this evening but had the settings for photo instead of video.  After supper will go out and try again.  Good excuse to tear up the roads again.  Yaaaaa.

Just a Day

I was out driving my ATV today checking out the sea lift being delivered when I saw some folks heading out on the land.



They almost lost the white tot into the water.

It sure would be nice to have a proper wharf here.



The Wide View

A panoramic shot from the top of Nipple Mtn.

The Climb

I finally climbed Nipple Mtn.  It was a good day.

Cape Dorset at Night

I couldn't get the illusion to work in the photo but last night the crescent moon looked huge over the Hamlet.

Large Inukshuk

You can find these large Inukshuk around Cape Dorset on high points around the communtiy.  The ones that resemble a person are called Inuksuk.
 

Must have taken some time to build this.

Around Town - RC Beach

A favorite spot to set up beach shacks and to pull your boat out of the water. 

If your lucky you can score some seal meat here too!

Around Town - RC Valley

A look at the RC Valley with Kingait and Nipple mountains in the back ground.  This valley is called RC Valley because it was the location of the Roman Catholic church.  It is no longer here and I don't know when it was closed.  It was the church involved with molesting young children.  A sad time in history of the community. 

Umm Nipple Mtn is the one on the left.

Bedroom Window

A look out my bedroom window including screen, cracks, garbage and all.

2010 Canada Day Parade

I finally got a card reader so posting can continue.  I will start off with the Canada Parade in Cape Dorset.  It was the first one I was actually in the parade.  Photos below.

Getting ready to start.  Most of us with ATV's and motorcycles were at the back.  Guess we are kind of like the horses in a parade south.

This is what I saw through most of the parade.

A shot over my shoulder.

A better view of the vehicles ahead with the newly renovated high school on the left.

Mr Canada himself waiting to jump into the parade.

Some excited onlookers.

More parade watchers.

Everyone gathering at the end.

Fuel Ship Time

The first ship of the year came in last week and it's always the fuel ship.

I will be in the Canada Day Parade today and for the first time will have photos from within the parade instead of outside it.

Last Years Whale

Not much left of the whale now.

Waterfalls

The big falls in the background and the little falls in the foreground.  The little falls is about 2 meters heigh.  The water falls are impressive this time of the year because of the spring runoff.  They were very loud.

Nice shot of the big falls.  Wish it had been sunny out.

The water is slowly drilling it's way through the rock.

I was told a person couldn't get to the falls yet.  Never challange me.  That story later in the week.

Park Landing

A plane landing at the Cape Dorset airport.  The pilots have to come down between two hills to get there.  I was lucky to catch this one landing while playing at the park.

Inukshuk

Find these all over the place in Cape Dorset and I enjoy finding the occational new one.

This is a new addition to the park.

Dead Dog Lake

The melting Dead Dog Lake with the Government of Nunavut office building in the background.

Telik Inlet Ice

All this ice in the Inlet is broken up now.  I'll get a photo of the broken ice on the blog if it stops raining for a couple minutes this week and if it doesn't blow out before then.

Through the Blinds

I came across this photo while looking throw the photo files on the computer.  It is taken looking out the window from my desk with the blinds down.  Looked kind of neat.

The blinds will allow you to see out but not in.

Inukshuk Point or Inuksuk Point

Reader submitted question:
So this is going to come out of the blue, but I'm helping out with a novel that's being written, and part of it is based in your area - would you mind if I asked a couple of questions? For example - how far it is from the Cape Dorset airport to Inukshuk Point (and would you have to travel by skidoo)?

Let me know if you need more information about Cape Dorset and surrounding areas.
I don't mind answering any questions about the area.  Let me know the name of the novel when it gets published so I can purchase it and show it to people and say "Hey I helped out with this novel!". LOL. No one would believe me anyway.

Inukshuk Point is located on Malliq Island (or Malliqjuaq Island). Although it isn't very far from the airport you would need to get there by snowmobile in the winter. You could walk there or use an ATV in the summer if you use the land bridge between Dorset Island and Malliqjuaq Island but would have to take into account the tides because the land bridge is only accessible during low tide and has an twelve hour tidal cycle. The body of water between Dorset and Malliq Island is called Tellik Inlet. Total distance is approximately 5 km. But I am guessing a bit. It has been called Inuksuk Point on the blog but it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong.

Have a look at the post Snowmobiling Day for a view of the area and some features on the way. Funny I don't have any more photos on the blog from the area. I may have more on my computer but it would take some time to find.

Let me know if you need more information about Cape Dorset and surrounding areas

Big Drift

The road going to the new lagoon. The lagoon isn't being used yet so it will be awhile before this drift across the road is removed or melted.  The part were you can see the tracks is were I attemped to climb to the top of the drift.  It is about 3.5 meters to the top and vertical at that section.  I didn't make it.  Were you see the drift continuing past the road it is almost straight down for a couple hundred feet and someone either went down or up it on a snowmobile.   That is well past my skill level.

Snow Removal Needed.