Resolute Bay crash victims
First Air flight 6560 was carrying 15 people when it crashed near Resolute Bay, Nunavut on Aug. 20 killing 12, including four crew members, the six-year-old granddaughter of the man who chartered the flight and several workers from outside the territory.
Three others survived the crash and are in hospital.
Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak said the loss was particularly hard for many of the closely knit northern towns and hamlets.
"We have 25 communities in Nunavut and we always feel the pain and loss of those who perished as if they were part of our community," she said. "We have such a connectedness in all of our communities, so our hearts and thoughts go out to all those affected throughout and especially those in Resolute."
Authorities have not confirmed the names of those who died, but several media reports have released some details. Here is a partial list of the victims from First Air flight 6560. CBC News will update this list as more names become known.
Marty Bergmann
An acclaimed Arctic researcher, Marty Bergmann was headed to Resolute Bay to give Prime Minister Stephen Harper a tour of a new research facility. The father of four was director of Natural Resources Canada's Polar Continental Shelf Program and lived in Winnipeg.
Family friend Michelle Anderson said Bergmann used to build a hockey rink for his children and was passionate about Canada's North.
"He would do anything for his family," she said. "He was the kind of guy who dreamed big in all areas of his life."
Cheyenne Eckalook
Cheyenne Eckalook, 6, was travelling with her seven-year-old sister Gabrielle to Resolute Bay after a summer trip to British Columbia. Cheyenne was killed in the crash, but Gabrielle survived with a broken leg and cuts to her face.
Their grandfather, Aziz Kheraj, owns the South Camp Inn in Resolute and told the Canadian Press he had chartered the flight and lost six staff members in the crash.
Michael Rideout
Michael Rideout, 65, was an electrician who lived in Mount Pearl, Nfld. but regularly commuted to work in Canada's North.
Miraculously, Rideout had survived another plane crash three years ago, along with Ches Tibbo, who also died when flight 6560 went down on Aug. 20. Rideout was also on a plane that crashed 30 years ago in Churchill Falls in Labrador. Rideout had an enduring fear of flight as a result.
"He told me when you get on these planes there's no guarantee," his wife, Anne Rideout, said, adding that her husband continued to fly despite his fears because he needed to earn a living.
Rideout also said her husband planned to retire in December.
"I'd give anything for him to be here," she said.
Ches Tibbo
Ches Tibbo was flying back to Nunavut after a return home to Newfoundland for his sister's funeral.
Tibbo, who turned 49 on the day of the crash, was a carpenter from Harbor Mille and survived another plane crash in 2008, an incident that, like Rideout, gave him a fear of flying.
"It's very shocking. It don't seem real to any of us at all," Meena Tibbo said of her uncle.
"He was very scared to get on that plane," she said.
