Inukshuks - Synder ON
N 42° 58.065 W 079° 03.424
17T E 658450 N 4759064
Constructed in front of St. John's Evangelical Church by artist Brian Arthur Brown in 2006.
Waymark Code: WM3X0J
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/28/2008
Views: 35
A plaque on the side of the Inukshuk gives the following narrative on these figures.
The Inukshuk
Small stone cairns once marked native trails like the Zhawdoom Trail ("Sodom Road") in Niagara, across Canada and in other parts of the world. In the landscape of the far North there "Inuksuit" were much larger, some now nearly 200 years old, many with creative shapes and special meanings.
The humanoid shaped Inukshuk was first constructed in the early twentieth century by Father Pierre Henry, out of his lifelong experience among the Inuit people. It stood outside his church at Pelly Bat as a token of the indigenization of the Christian faith, now the main religion in the area.
That Christ-like figure was adopted by the Inuit, and the Inukshuk became a popular form of Inuksuit, adopted all over Canada. The Christ figure or "Cruciform" Inukshuk is apprpriate in a church yard, guiding people to God and welcoming them to worship, especially at this sacred meadow (Zhawdoom) where people have worshipped from time immemorial.
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