The "Igloo Church" was completed in 2 years at a cost of only $70,000, with lumber brought by barge down the Mackenzie River from Fort Smith, some 1,500 km to the southeast. Volunteers did much of the work, from the heavy work to carving the pews. Brother Larocque had built the church with sketches rather than formal plans, which caused problems when it was about to open, but a set of plans were drawn up post-construction. Larocque died in 2002 at the age of 83.
