Inukshuk at Manitoba Museum -- Winnipeg MB
N 49° 54.027 W 097° 08.202
14U E 633808 N 5529226
This Inukshuk greets visitors to the lobby of the Manitoba Museum. This is the last place you can take pictures in the museum.
Waymark Code: WMJY0J
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 01/14/2014
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This large Inukshuk is part of a display of Native culture at the entrance to the Manitoba Museum lobby. It has a plaque identifying it as an Inukshuk, and it is part of a Teacher's Guide on Native Inuit Culture at the Manitoba Museum:
From the Manitoba Museum website: (
visit link)
"The Inuit
Teacher’s Version
This kit is designed to be used in the Arctic / Subarctic Gallery. Enter the museum galleries and make your way through the Earth History Gallery.
Begin with the Inukshuk. [photo of same inukshuk as we are waymarking]
The Inuit are the aboriginal people of the Canadian Arctic. Inuktitut is the Inuit language. The word Inuit means the people. You will learn other words in Inuktitut today.
Stop 1 – Inukshuk and Polar Bear
1. Inukshuk is an Inuit word. What does the word mean?
(something resembling a person)
2. How was an inukshuk used? Give one example.
(as a sign post to chart a course, caribou fences for hunting)"
Manitoba Museum officials confirmed to me that this IS an Inukshuk.