The hotel that inspired Stephen King to pen the novel is The Stanley in Estes Park, CO just outside Rocky Mountain National Park. He checked into the hotel in 1973 for a one-night stay with his wife, Tabitha. Fortuitously, they were the only guests at the hotel that night.
Canadian Inuit currently dress like most Canadians and wear casual store bought clothing and footwear. Traditional Inuit clothing like caribou parkas and pants are only worn by some. Amautis - parkas with a built-in pouch for carrying infants on the back are still popular in the eastern Arctic
From the past to the present, Inuit have worn caribou and seal skin clothing. These durable and easily available materials have allowed them to survive in a climate that defeated most others. Caribou were an important food for the Caribou Inuit, and remain so today.Caribou were also highly valued for their hides.Caribou skin was used for clothing, for summer tents, for roofs on snow houses in spring, to cover the sleeping bench, and to form a cushion or base on the qamutik (sled).aribou were an important food for the Caribou Inuit, and remain so today. Caribou were also highly valued for their hides. Caribou skin was used for clothing, for summer tents, for roofs on snow houses in spring, to cover the sleeping bench, and to form a cushion or base on the qamutik (sled).