
Archives Day brings images of bygone days in the North into the spotlight
Four new exhibits on display for Archives Day at the Pahkisimon Nuyeʔáh Library will give attendees a view of what bygone days in northern Saskatchewan were like.
“For the older people who come here, it’s their life,” Archivist Graham Guest said. “This is the background of which they grew up and they will recognize people. For the young people who have no idea of what was here before, this is history. This is enlightening them to what preceded them.”
One exhibit which sat in the archives for 16 years to be displayed for the first time is that of late Father Jean Mégret, a Roman Catholic priest who served across the North from La Loche to Wollaston Lake during a span of 50 years. His photos are from the 1950s and 1960s and feature the everyday life of Dene people. Born in France in 1922, Mégret arrived in La Loche in 1947 after a three-month journey from overseas.