The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin

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Geographical Note: Lake Nueltin straddles the border between Nunavut and Manitoba. The area covered by the map is in southern Nunavut, in the region now written Kivalliq. “Eskimo Point” is modern Arviat.
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Cover A Caribou buck signaling with a sprawling posture of the left hind leg. Drawing by Earl L. Poole; based upon a motion-picture film taken August 24, 1947, near the Windy River post.

Map 1. The Windy River area at the northwestern extremity of Nueltin Lake, Keewatin. (Most of the smaller features bear merely local or unofficial names.)
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