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1917::Kissing the Trout of Port Epworth, Nunavut

Updated: Mar 22

An adorably candid shot from the northern reaches of Canada.


1917::Kiss of the Arctic Char in Nunavut, Canada

"1917::Kiss of the Arctic Char in Nunavut, Canada"

Photo Clip: Star Weekly (1936)

Toronto, Ontario

Photographer: Unknown


Grateful for the fish that provides food, the people of the Coronation Gulf would thank their catch with a kiss. A surveyor, working in the area with his camera, captured the endearing kiss of a Great Arctic Char at Port Epworth, Nunavut, where Tree River flows into the Coronation Gulf. The photo represented Northern Canada for decades in many publications worldwide.


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