A century of history

Congratulations on an excellent issue (“100: A Century of The Beaver,” October- November 2020). I have enjoyed every item in it, particularly the photographs, which I continue to peruse.When I read your editor’s note I enjoyed the chronology of The Beaver’s development. I was struck with the line about how The Beaver “gradually started to display a greater appreciation for the cultural heritage, ceremonies, and traditions built over the millennia….” Then I saw the picture on page 13 and thought, how appropriate — a statement of the importance of the nuclear family and a confirmation of the centrality of the family in the larger society. Excellent choice of photo.

Ted Huffman via email

As someone who lived and worked in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut for almost all of the years between 1973 and 2019, I have thoroughly enjoyed your one-hundredth-anniversary edition. The first community I lived in, in 1973, was then called Coppermine,

N.W.T., and is now called Kugluktuk, Nunavut. I met Red Pedersen then and have known him ever since. He is the man pictured on page 69 of this celebration issue. (Please note that the correct spelling of his name is not Ped Peterson.) All the work done by so many people over so many years to identify photo information correctly, in so many ways, as described in this issue, is a wonderful gift to northerners. Thank you on behalf of all northerners and all Canadians interested in history!

Catherine McGregor via email