Hebron restoration project nabs heritage award for Nunatsiavut Government – CBC

Apr 03, 2016

The Nunatsiavut government has been honoured with a provincial heritage award for its efforts to preserve and restore the Hebron National Historic Site, at the southern tip of Torngat Mountains National Park.

“Hebron, after so many years of ongoing excellent work by our ambassadors and our restorers, is being recognized,” Sean Lyall, Nunatsiavut’s culture and tourism minister, told CBC Radio’s Labrador Morning.

“I’m very proud of the people who worked on this project.”

Lyall was one of those representing Nunatsiavut at the ceremony in St. John’s on March 17, for the Manning Awards for Excellence in the Presentation of Historic Places, a provincial body that recognizes effort to preserve the province’s history.

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