Cemetery
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Description
The cemetery at Igloolik, N.W.T. [NU].
Historical note:
On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.