Photo: Cambridge Bay residents gather to celebrate church renovation

Ida Neglak in front of Cambridge Bay’s recently renovated old stone church. Community members held a public barbecue Sept. 12 so everyone in town could see its new roof and walls. Father André Pierre Marie Steinmann, an Oblate missionary better known for his years in northern Quebec, helped to build the church in 1954 but over the years, it fell into disrepair. This past summer, the Cambridge Bay Coast Guard auxiliary was able to carry out $100,000 worth of renovations, paid for in part by donations from the Catholic Arctic Diocese, the Kitikmeot Inuit Association and local businesses. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)