Another card from my Mum's travels in the Canadian Arctic, this time from the small community of Tuktoyaktuk on the shores of the Arctic Ocean. Tuktoyaktuk is certainly one of the more iconic place names in Canada, and I learned it was the first community in northern Canada to revert to its traditional Native name, having been known as "Fort Brabant" prior to 1950.
Mum dipped her toe in the Arctic Ocean and reports that it wasn't really as cold as one would expect, probably because of record-breaking summer temperatures. My many thanks to her for sending me this card from the most northerly place in my collection, 69° 27′.
Previously featured baby black bear stamp featuring a Tuktoyaktuk postmark!
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