ARCTIC RED RIVER EQUALS "MOUTH OF THE IRON RIVER". A CATHOLIC MISSION WAS ESTABLISHED WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1869 WHEN THEY BUILT A TRADITIONAL GWICH'IN FISHING CAMP AT THE MOUTH OF THE CONFLUENCE OF THE ARCTIC RED AND MACKENZIE RIVER. IN THE EARLY 1870'S HUDSON BAY TRADING COMPANY TRADING POST WAS BUILT HERE. BY 1940 THERE WERE STILL THREE FAMILIES AT THE SITE
BY 1970'S THE POPULATION BEGAN TO GROW. TODAY THEY HAVE ABOUT 200 FOLKS, 90% ARE GWICH'IN DESCENT AND THEY STILL FOLLOW A TRADITIONAL STYLE OF LIFE OF HUNTING, FISHING AND GATHERING.
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