Nain Things to Do

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The people of Nain love seafood. Whenever they can they are out fishing or harvesting mussels, clams, scallops, sea urchins etc.

Mussels and clams are always boiled. But scallops can be ate raw as is the roe of sea urchins.

Nain has two stores; the Northern and Big land , a couple of convenience stores, a take-out, a fish plant and a hockey rink and a wharf to loiter around but people just seem to like hanging out at the post office.

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The ocean around Nain is solid ice for all of winter but in the spring it begins to melt. On hot days huge pools of beautiful fresh water form on the ice but in the evening, when the sun disappears, they freeze over again.

Walking on the ice is a real pleasure because you are there with who you choose to be with and there is no one else around.

The OKalaKatiget-kut is a society created to propagate Inuit Language and culture. OKalaKatiget-kut is in one of the older remaining buildings. The building once housed the hospital and then was a school but now OKalaKatiget-kut operates OK radio from the building.

While in Nain, drop by and say hi to the friendly staff. I am sure that if they are not busy that they might even offer you a cup of coffee.

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People have lived on the coast of Labrador for thousands of years. Sometimes people pick up arrow heard and other stone tools. Lots of these were donated to the Museum. Unfortunatly, the Moravian Museum burned down and then the Archives were lost in another fire.

All was lost in the fires and the community have has had a very serious setback but while you are there, maybe some of the locals might show you some things that they have. Perhaps a small Irory figurine, some chert tools and maybe a bronze or copper arrow head.

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You always get the impression of Labrador as cold, stark, icy and unforgiving. For example, Jacque Cartier, the great French explorer called Labrador the Land that God gave to Cain. But when the snow melts in the in the summer, beautiful flowers blossem everywhere. There are large fields of beautiful poppies all around Nain. They are Yellow, Orange and sometimes white.

Nain is great because you can leave all of the hustle and bustle behind. Instead nestle down in the sand and the scurvy grass. Listen to the surf and smell the wild flowers.

There is a village pump in the "Old Village of Nain and it is still used because many of the homes in the older section of the community, for one reason or another, often do not have working toilets or water. So you can see grandmothers out there in the middle of winter drawing five gallon buckets of water for their families.

One of Nain's more modern buildings is the Labrador Inuit Association headquarters.

A lot of people like to get the opportunity to visit because of the beautiful labradorite floor that is installed in the boardroom, a massive polar bear rug, amazing local carvings and the halls are covered with history as you can observe all of the LIA past presidents.

There are no organized tours of this building and it is likely to be much busier now since the Labrador Inuit land claim has been ratified by the members but if you ask politely or know someone in the building I am sure they will be happy to show off their facility!!