Alfred Tremblay

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Alfred Tremblay
Other names * Taamali[1]
Born 1887
Died 1975
Quebec City[1]
Occupation prospector
Known for circumnavigated Baffin Island, on foot
Alfred Tremblay in Arctic gear.

Alfred Tremblay was a Canadian prospector, explorer and an officer of the Order of Canada.[2][3]

In 1912 Tremblay was working as a prospector, when he joined an expedition lead by J.E. Bernier to Pond Inlet, seeking gold.[4] In 1913 his guides lead him south, to Igloolik. Tremblay published an account of this expedition in 1921. Tremblay would eventually walk a circuit of Baffin Island, a distance of more than 6400 km (3976.78 mi).[2]

In September, 2020, the Nunatsiaq News published the reminiscences of elders who remembered Tremblay from his time in Igloolik.[1] They described him as alarmingly eccentric. The article reported one of the nicknames he was given was "Tuurngaq" - ie devil.

The Nunatsiaq News quoted the late Igloolike elder, Rosie Iqallijuq's account of Tremblay, to the Igloolik Oral History Project:

“It is said that he had a pistol so with it he shot the island of Igloolik as he walked around the shoreline. After he had shot the island he said that Igloolik was dead and that a ship will now be able to get to the island.”[1]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Kenn Harper. Taming Igloolik, Nunatsiaq News, 2020-09-18. Retrieved on 2022-03-02.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alfred Tremblay, explorateur de l'Arctique / Yves Hébert., Bibliotheque de Laval. Retrieved on 2020-04-14. “Alfred Tremblay (1887-1975) est le premier Canadien français et le deuxième homme blanc après William Edward Parry (1790-1855) à entreprendre une marche de plus de 6477 kilomètres autour de l'île de Baffin.”
  3. ↑ Mr. Alfred Tremblay, 1973-03-03. Retrieved on 2020-04-14. “In recognition of his work in Arctic exploration; for his contribution to the mapping of the places he visited and for his geological research.”
  4. ↑ John MacDonald (September 1992). "Parry’s Flagstaff Site near Igloolik, Northwest Territories" 45. Retrieved on 2020-04-14.

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