Way Down North with Rene Fumoleau

     Local legend, poet,  photographer and longtime northern cleric  Rene Fumoleau recently  celebrated the launch of his latest book, 'Way Down North' in Yellowknife, with tea and bannock, just a few shared memories and plenty of gentle humor and gratitude, amongst a standing- room- only crowd at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre.

Fumoleau, just 84 years young, collaborated with a small team of archival staff over the past two years to sort through more than 10,000 of his own photos taken over the past half century amongst and with the Dene people.  His selection criteria: beautiful images of historical importance...the final product?

Seasons of Beauty

A subset of the photos will be on display at the Heritage Center through May 2011.

About Rene

The Next Generation

Tools of his Trade

Scrapbooks of Life

 For more about Rene see http://www.storysave.ca/Pages/Rene/Rene_Bio.html

 For more about the book, see
http://www.amazon.com/Way-Down-North-Dene-Life/dp/2896462325

For more about the Northern Heritage Center, see
http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/

Rene Signing Books