Nunavimmiut profiled in Quebec parka catalogue

“Kanuk,” a made-in-Quebec parka manufacturing company, is highlighting a connection to Nunavik in its new catalogue. Among its selection of parkas, there’s the “Inuit,” a cozy coat good down to -30, and the “Kuujjuaq,” its warmest model of all, good down to -40.

Models for the new 2005-6 designs include a father-son team from Kangiqsualujjuaq, Félix and Jean-Guy Saint Aubin.

Félix, who sports the “Manicougan” ultralight parka in the catalogue, is responsible for the Ulluriaq School building in Kangiqsualujjuaq.

According to the text of Kanuk’s catalogue, “poet and mechanic Jean-Guy Saint Aubin traveled to a job in Kangiqsualujjuaq in the 1970s and before long had made this town his own.”

To see Félix and Jean-Guy in their Kanuks, consult www.kanuk.com.