Canadian Reindeer

03/02/2025

It should be noted that this is a legacy page for Kunnek Resource Development Corporation which operated until 2018 as 'Canadian Reindeer' . The reindeer herd is now owned by Inuvialuit Development Corporation.

02/27/2025

March 6 2025 is the 90th anniversary of the delivery of the Canadian Reindeer Project herd of several thousand animals, to the Inuvik region of the Northwest Territories in 1935.

05/10/2024

Turned back to YK due to bad weather in inuvik

10/27/2023

I do not follow the math in the
expression ‘x times smaller’.
To me 1/3rd is clear but 3 times smaller is not. One third of three is one.
But to me ‘three times smaller’ than three means nine less three or -6 (3 minus 9).
Help me out.

02/22/2023

Visit to reindeer herding camp in Yamal Region 1993

02/22/2023

Visiting the Yamal Peninsula - Colin Gordon got a handmade reindeer leather lasso as a gift.

Colin Gordon looking at lassos

02/03/2023

1911 McNeills' Reindeer

In the late 1800s and early 1900s it was believed by many that northern caribou were on the verge of extinction. The Canadian Government made several attempts at solving this problem by establishing reindeer herds in the north. The most famous reindeer herd was established in the 1930s in the Mackenzie Delta yet decades prior to this an attempt was made to start a herd south of Great Slave Lake.

In 1907, the Canadian Government sponsored an experiment to import 300 reindeer from Norway to St. Anthony, Newfoundland. By 1910 this herd had increased to over 1200 animals and the decision was made to move part of the herd to the Northwest Territories.

Nathaniel Gear, the Chief Herder with the St. Anthony herd, along with Billy McNeill and John Broomfield as assistant herders, were given the job of moving fifty reindeer from Newfoundland to Fort Smith (map).

Beginning early in September of 1911 these fifty reindeer were moved by ship, railway, wagon and scow finally arriving in Fort Smith May 20th 1912. Nineteen animals died along the way. Billy McNeill, who became the first Chief Ranger for the Wood Buffal National Park, was put in charge of caring for the remaining 31 reindeer but over the summer and following winter 28 more animals either escaped into the bush or were killed by dogs. In the spring of 1913 only three reindeer remained and they were all does.

Without stags Billy McNeill was ordered to take the remaining three animals to Waite Island in the North Arm of Great Slave Lake and there he was to capture a bull caribou that could breed with the female reindeer. On the way to Waite Island another reindeer died and McNeill spent the winter taking care of the remaining two.

In the winter of 1914 McNeill and a Dogrib guide tried to capture a bull caribou but were unsuccessful. Meanwhile one of the two remaining reindeer died and when the Government was informed they instructed McNeill to abandon the experiment. Years later when McNeillwas asked what happened to that last reindeer he said “the work with those deer cost $62,000. Let’s just say I had a feed of the most high priced meat ever eaten in the north country.”

Timeline Link: 1935 Reindeer Herding

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Browning and Willie McNeill [with Norman Robinson standing behind sled marked Chief Ranger at Fort Smith [1924]
Browning [another Ranger?] and Willie [Billy] McNeill with Norman Robinson standing behind sled marked Chief Ranger at Fort Smith. [1924]
(Robinson/NWT Archives/N-2002-005-0211)

Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

01/22/2023

Moving reindeer meat into the international spotlight

02/10/2022

Requests for reindeer / meat should now be directed to Brian Wade at the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation 867.777.7000 in Inuvik NT.

11/19/2021

Er du i tvil om du ønsker å ta koronavaksine eller ikke? Tenker du at overskrifter i media som «Flere fullvaksinerte enn uvaksinerte innlagt på sykehus» og «Stadig flere fullvaksinerte blir smittet», er bevis på at vaksinene ikke fungerer slik de skal?

Ta i så fall også dette med i vurderingen:
Vi vet at ikke alle vaksinerte oppnår full beskyttelse. Det betyr at etter hvert som en større andel av den voksne befolkningen er vaksinert, vil naturlig nok også en større andel av de som smittes være vaksinerte. Noe annet er uunngåelig, all den tid vi ikke har vaksiner som beskytter oss 100 prosent mot smitte.

Tallene levner imidlertid ingen tvil.

De vaksinerte:
👉 Smittes sjeldnere
👉 Legges sjeldnere inn på sykehus
👉 Trenger sjeldnere intensiv- og respiratorbehandling
👉 Skrives raskere ut fra sykehus hvis de først havner der
👉 Har lavere risiko for alvorlig sykdom og død som følge av covid-19
👉 Smitter sjeldnere videre

… enn de uvaksinerte. Dette ser vi ikke bare i Norge – tall fra flere andre land viser det samme.

Det er lurt å takke ja til vaksinen.

PS: Ber om litt forståelse for at det ved mange spørsmål tar noe tid før dere får svar. Vi jobber så raskt vi kan, og skal forsøke å svare på så mye som mulig.

📊💻
Kilder:
• https://www.fhi.no/publ/2020/koronavirus-ukerapporter/
• https://www.fhi.no/nyheter/2021/kortere-liggetid-i-sykehus-for-fullvaksinerte/
• https://www.fhi.no/nyheter/2021/vaksinerte-har-lav-risiko-for-alvorlig-sykdom-med-delta-varianten/
• https://www.fhi.no/nyheter/2021/koronavaksine-selv-om-ikke-alle-far-full-beskyttelse-er-det-viktig-at-mange/

08/06/2021

FYIinfo

Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) is pleased to announce new ownership of our reindeer herd. This exciting news is part of long effort made by IRC under its commitment to strengthen food security and food sovereignty in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. Concluding our dealings with Kunnek Resour...