Falling Rock

The rock face was in different stages of falling down.  The power of water.

The photo was overexposed but looks interesting in black and white.

2/3 Buried Rock

A 1/3 in the ground and a 1/3 in the snow.

Folded Rock

Rocks are neat.

Gemstones II

This is a much bigger deposit of gemstones than the earlier post. Lots of people have beat on the rock in this area. It can't be claimed by a prospector because it is on hamlet land so anyone who wants to can take the garnets from the rock. Unfortunately garnets are not that valuable and getting them out of the rock is hard, back breaking work, so not too many takers. It is still a fun way to spend an afternoon and you get to keep a souvenir if your determined.

Lots of Planes

We had a group come into the community that is staying for a couple of days and they all came in on three floater planes. Neat.

There is also a helicopter in town that a company

is using to prospect for uranium. Apparently there are deposits in the area and they are going to have a look and see if it is feasible to mine it. Could be big things in store for Cape Dorset in

the near future. I will keep an eye on it!!

Gemstones

On our trip to the park I found some garnet deposits. I believe they are the common almandine garnet's but a professional would have to confirm that. Last year a friend of mine took me to a spot were the rock was full of the garnets within the municipal boundaries. Spent most of a Saturday afternoon picking at the rock to get some of them out. I still have a cup full of them on the refrigerator. These types of garnet are fairly common in the world as far as gemstones go so their value is reflective of that. It's still a lot of fun to discover a deposit and if you have nothing better to do, go and hammer on the rock for a few hours and take home some souvenirs. The arrows in the picture below show the deposits of the garnets that have been exposed by the tides and weather. They really stick out if you know what to look for.