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An exhibition documenting the NWT’s commercial fishing industry is going on a tour of the North and South Slave before the travelling gallery sets up permanently in Hay River.
The exhibition – named Fish for Sale: A History of Commercial Fishing on Great Slave Lake – is a version of an installation with the same name currently displayed at Yellowknife’s Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre.
Housed within a repurposed skid shack, or fishing caboose, the NWT government said in a news release that visitors can expect a replica of Great Slave Lake’s largest whitefish and a pre-recorded audio tour.
The exhibition’s travels begin with a stop in Dettah at the Xat’ǫ̀ (Fall) Gathering on August 22 and 23.
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It will then go to Elizabeth Mackenzie Elementary School in Behchokǫ̀ on September 11 and 12, the Deh Gáh School in Fort Providence on September 18 and 19, Mission Island in Fort Resolution on October 2 and 3, and Chief Sunrise Education Centre in Kátł’odeeche First Nation on October 9.
“Once the tour is complete, the Caboose will welcome visitors at the Hay River Heritage Centre, as a legacy of the important role the community has played in the history of commercial fishing,” the GNWT stated.
