Showing posts with label Inuit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inuit. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Qikiqtarjuaq pinball

At 67 degrees North, are these some of the most Northern arcade games ever?  A tiny line-up inside a snack shop on Qikiqtarjuaq (used to be called Broughton Island, up in Nunavut, Canada) might be a contender for the most Northern of pinball lineups.  (previously we saw the Kuujjuaq Arcade near the 58th parallel)


This photo by George Hunter is from the late 1970s, probably around 1978 but we haven't been able to confirm.  Thanks to my friend Amy Prouty (PhD candidate, Inuit art history) for passing this my way.

photograph by George Hunter
via Canadian Heritage Photography Foundation

Games here are 1973 Hi-Lo Ace, 1974 Delta Queen, and the 1976 Aladdin's Castle, all by Bally.

67°33′17″N 064°01′41″W


another photo


Monday, August 17, 2020

Kuujjuaq Arcade 1982

Here are some excerpts from Taqralik, "The Magazine of Northern Quebec", circa October 1982.   I was sent this amazing magazine by my friend Amy Prouty (PhD candidate, Inuit art history).

It features a write-up, and 2 photos, from the Kuujjuaq arcade that was opened October 23, 1982.
The magazine is in Inuktitut and English.


Taqralik magazine - 1982-10


photo credited to Willie Adams