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VOL. )Ofl/ I\1o. 3 TIIE ARSIIC CIRCUIAR 55Paulatuk: Settlsnent 690 2L' -1240 05'Thre settlenent was first established when FatLrer Binan6, O.M.I. npved thre RcnranCatlrolic l{ission tlrere frcm Letty Harbor:r in 1935. Ore of tlre original inhabitants,Jessie Green used tlre nane Paulatr:k ("lots of soot") as tJ-e oilychraracter of the local 1or^r grade coal br:rned in tlreir stoves soon caused thestovepipes to fill wittr soot.Hornaday Rirzer: Arm:ndsen Gulf 690 19' L23o 4g'After William T. Hornaday, a former Director of the Nen^r York Zoological SocietyErs r:,sed in 19@ bDZ A.J. Stone-r. a naturalist for ttre Anerican l"ttrser.un ofNatr:ral History.690 06' - l34o 24'For marry years the crossing point of thre reindeer herd frcm sunner grazing onRichrards Island to npve across East Charurel tor^lards Reindeer Station.Sqnetjmes referred to as Nalluk ("S\^/jJruning") .The lbwfor:ndland Libra4r Association, St. John's, has recently published a"Directoqf of Libraries j.rr lbwfoundland and Labrador, Part One, Acadsnicarrd Special Libraries " . L2 p. $Z .*****i/\lE MIGFTI HA\E TO GIANGE ITS }GME TO TViIE}IIY-MII,EForty-l{ile (Yr:kon) : A stupid carq>er's fire destroyed for:r of tLre pre-KlondikeCold Rr:sh cabins at Fortlz-tvtile Village, a desterted l89Os settlenen fiverniles frcrn Clinton Cteek. TLre destroyed cabins dated back to about 1892and once housed sone of the Rush's first miners . Ihre rest of Fortlz-It[ileincluding six log cabins , an old chr:rch, and an historic NVS4P barracksescaped darnagefrom Heritage conversationAutr-rnn L977, p.7*****