The Legend of the Disappearing Dogs

by Lisi Kavik-Mickiyuk, Margaret Lawrence (Illustrator)

Overview

This Inuit legend, shared by Sanikiluaq Elder Lisi Kavik-Mickiyuk as a bi-lingual story, explains the origins of a unique location outside of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut. 

On a hill outside the community, it is said that ghostly dog growls can be heard. The Inuktitut name for the hill, Qalinguluk, means “a place where you can sometimes hear dogs growling.” In this book, readers will learn about the origin of these mysterious dogs and how they came to be associated with this hill.

Watercolour illustrations by long-time Sanikiluaq resident Margaret Lawrence give the book an authentic feeling of this distinctive place. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781772276367
Publisher:	Inhabit Media
Publication date:	05/05/2026
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 6.25(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Lisi Kavik-Mickiyuk was born in South Camp on the Belcher Islands and now lives in Sanikiluaq. She is married with four children and four grandchildren. She enjoys camping, berry picking, boating, and reading.

Margaret Lawrence is an educator and artist. She was born in Japan and moved to the Canadian Arctic in 1980, first to Frobisher Bay (now Iqaluit) and then to Sanikiluaq in 1988, where she began teaching. She has spent more than half her life in the Canadian Arctic, seeing much change in the community over that time period. She has been fortunate to learn from four generations of Qikiqtarmiut, the people of the community she calls home.