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Reconstructing history

Northern News Services

Yellowknife (Nov 07/05) - Between January and September, some 6,792 souls walked through the doors of the Norman Wells Historical Society's museum.

They're all going to have to come back again next year.

That's because long-time trapper and Sahtu elder Edward Oudzie has put his more than six decades of bush experience to use in creating an authentic trapper's cabin that will open to the public next spring, said Peggy Pouw, museum manager and curator.

"It's all so beautiful. He's made tables, chairs, bunk beds, cabinets, stretchers for tanning hides, you name it," she said. "I can't wait for the wood to start aging."

The museum has been taking great strides to boost what it offers visitors to the community.

"We've got two displays at the airport now," she said. "We have the original police detachment building from Fort Good Hope and eventually want to turn that into a display about the history of the RCMP in the Sahtu."