“Pangnirtung . . . is an ideal
place to bring up small children and as for yourself, my dear, you are about to
enter upon the greatest experience in living of which you have ever dreamed.”
Dr. Jon A. Bildfell quoted in the writings
of Muriel Bildfell
The Bildfell Family
and Pangnirtung
Dating to 1940-1942
Filmed by Dr. Jon A. Bildfell
Dr. Jon A. Bildfell and Mrs. Muriel Bildfell Collection 997.84.137
Following his initial
one year posting in Pangnirtung, Bildfell returned to the Canadian Prairies and
set up a medical practice in Wynyard, Saskatchewan.
An opportunity to return north came in the summer of 1940
when his wife, Muriel, showed him a newspaper report that the Canadian government
was unable to fill the medical post in Pangnirtung.
Within a week, the Bildfells with their young son were well
into preparations for their move north, and the beginning of two enjoyable years.
