Nancy Buckley was a well-known fisherlady on Great Slave lake, first based in Hay River and then in Yellowknife. She and her husband Archie ran the fish barge on Joliffe Island and supplied most of the fresh fish in Yellowknife. She died in 2007 at the age of 46.

YK Past Blast: Great Slave’s fisherlady
Nancy Buckley was a well-known fisherlady on Great Slave lake, first based in Hay River and then in Yellowknife. She and her husband Archie ran the fish barge on Joliffe Island and supplied most of the fresh fish in Yellowknife. She died in 2007 at the age of 46.