Author: Faye

“Restaurants” in Tulita

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I tell people that there’s only one store in Tulita, but that’s only partially true. Some nights – usually weekends, but occasionally other nights – the Wright Store opens for a variable number of hours (you can find out if it’s open by walking by or checking the facebook group). It’s located in a small house and sells expensive junk food, pizza ($5.25/slice or $30/whole pizza), and a variety of other menu items:

Wright

The other competing store, BJ Services, is still going strong and has recently started a dinner menu. They have been planning to open a restaurant for a long time, so I guess we have arrived.

BJs

Firearms Training

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I was up in Inuvik last week for Park Canada’s firearms training. It’s a practical course, covering firearms regulations, gun range protocols, shooting techniques, and gun cleaning. There’s also a marksmanship qualifying exam on three different firearms.

.22 caliber rifle

20 shots taken 20m from the target: 5 prone, 5 sitting, 5 kneeling, and 5 standing. To qualify, a score of 150 (out of a possible 200) is required.

target 22
161 points

12-gauge shotgun

5 shots taken standing at 30m from the target. To qualify, all 5 must be on the target without breaking the outer line.

target shotgun
Boom.

.30-06 rifle

12 shots –

  • 50m: 4 shots standing and 2 + 2 shots prone/sitting/kneeling
  • 30m: 2 shots standing
  • 15m: 2 shots standing

To qualify, a score of 90 (out of a possible 120) is required.

target 30-06
There are 14 shots on this target because the person next to me hit mine by mistake… so somewhere between 109-113 points.

It was reasonably challenging target shooting, and there’s a good amount of recoil on the heavy-duty guns, but I qualified!