[Canada] A Moravian missionary meets with Inuit in the mid-1700s outside of Nain, Labrador, Watercolor on paper

[Canada] A Moravian missionary meets with Inuit in the mid-1700s outside of Nain, Labrador.
Watercolor on paper.
Late 18th Century.
20 1/2" x 27" sheet.

This image shows a nationally historic event for Canada, depicting Moravian Missionaries and the Inuit in Labrador engaged in a remarkably constructive integration of Moravian and Inuit life and culture.

Illustrated in Chapter 5 [A Revolutionary Age, 1763–1815] of A Concise History of Canada , pp. 129 - 165.

Nain (Inuit language: Nunainguk) is the northernmost permanent settlement in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, within the Nunatsiavut region, located about 370 km (230 mi) by air from Happy Valley-Goose Bay. The town was established as a Moravian mission in 1771 by Jens Haven and other missionaries. As of 2021, the population is 1,204 mostly Inuit and mixed Inuit-European. Nain is the administrative capital of the autonomous region of Nunatsiavut.