Someone asked if being in Fort Good Hope, NWT feels like being in the middle of nowhere?
Yes and no.
We are 20km south of the Arctic Circle. Frozen tundra. Dark most of the time. About 575 people. I have walked around most of the community and been driven out onto the winter road. I walked out onto the mighty Mackenzie River. Isolated, accessible only by winter road December to March and air or boat after the thaw.
But the people are wonderful. They make the memories.
Pictures of the community. Stories to come.
Mid-week Bible Study L-R: Jim, Dolly, Len, Robinson, Doris, Angela, Rose, Vicki, Elizabeth, Joanne, Jesse
K-Grade 12 school
L-R: Len Houweling, a contractor by trade, worked in the north for 20 years; Jim Forsyth brought his family from N.S. to Hay River, NWT in 1991 and has stayed to serve the North in multiple capacties; Bob
Never too far from Tim Hortons.
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