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Country market on the tundra Arctic char, maktaaq, bannock and berries sold in Iqaluit SquareTim Edwards Northern News Services Published Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012
Two canvas tents were set up, with tables inside bearing vacuum-sealed packages of maktaaq and Arctic char, plates of bannock and fresh-picked berries. Hunters are able to sell their catch at the market, and anyone interested can drop in and buy some Northern delicacies. Gabriel Bourassa, who just moved to Iqaluit from Pangnirtung to attend Nunavut Arctic College, was in and out of one of the tents with his bounty. "I got a piece of char for $10 – it's part of the tail, it's the most boneless part of the fish – and a piece of maktaaq for $30," Bourassa said. "It's a good size." Bourassa said he comes to the monthly market when it's open and considers it good for the community. "People buy the parts that they want and they don't have to go and fish," Bourassa said, adding it can be tough for people to get out and harvest their own country food if they don't have a boat or hunting materials. Sofia Dobrev has been in Iqaluit for about a year, working at the Guy Architects office which set up shop last November. Since moving here, she's developed a taste for maktaaq and was at last Monday's country food market to pick up some narwhal maktaaq and bannock. She said she usually tries to catch the market when she's able to. Priscilla Allurut has missed almost every country food market in Iqaluit, but was finally able to go this time around, and she bought two packages of smoked Arctic char and a package of berries. "My boys are crazy about Arctic char, smoked fish," Allurut said. She's very happy to see the market up and running in her community. "It's very good. It's better than going shopping at Northmart – much healthier."
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