At the turn of the 20th century, the Belcher Islands–an archipelago in Hudson Bay, Canada–were unknown to Western Geographers despite 200 years of sailing expeditions in the region. Inuit people however, were intimately familiar with this large cluster of islands.

Examine Wetalitok’s 1909 map of Sanikiluag (the Blcher Islands) in the UWM Libraries Digital collections
Examine NASA’s Landstat satelite photo of Sanikiluag (The Belcher Islands) from 2004

2. Reflect:
   These two images are different geographic representations of the same land mass. Neither is scholarly article, but both offer unique information that could be analyzed or interpreted in scholarly research about Sanikiluaq/The Belcher Islands. Take few minutes to think about the different types of information each image represents, and discuss: