Tuktoyaktuk
Tuktuyaaqtuuq formerly Port Brabant | |
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Hamlet | |
![]() North Warning System radar station at Tuktoyaktuk | |
Nickname: Tuk | |
Coordinates: 69°27′03″N 133°02′09″W / 69.45083°N 133.03583°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Territory | Northwest Territories |
Region | Inuvik Region |
Electoral district | Nunakput |
Census division | Region 1 |
Settled | 1928 |
Incorporated | 1 April 1970 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Erwin Elias |
• Senior Administrative Officer | Holly Campbell |
• MLA | Lucy Kuptana |
• Member of Parliament | Michael McLeod |
• Senator | Margaret Dawn Anderson |
Area | |
• Land | 12.66 km2 (4.89 sq mi) |
Elevation | 5 m (15 ft) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 937 |
• Density | 74.0/km2 (192/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
Canadian Postal code | X0E 1C0 |
Area code | 867 |
Telephone exchange | 977 |
– Living cost (2018) | 162.5A |
– Food price index (2019) | 157.8B |
Website | http://www.tuktoyaktuk.ca |
Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs,[4] Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,[5] Canada Flight Supplement[3] Northwestel[6] Natural Resources Canada[7] ^A 2018 figure based on Edmonton = 100[8] ^B 2019 figure based on Yellowknife = 100[8] |
Tuktoyaktuk English: /tʌktəˈjæktʌk/, or Tuktuyaaqtuuq IPA: [təktujaːqtuːq] (Inuvialuktun: it looks like a caribou),[5] is an Inuvialuit hamlet located near the Mackenzie River delta in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, at the northern terminus of the Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway.[9][10] One of six Inuvialuit communities in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, it is commonly referred to by its first syllable, Tuk /tʌk/.[11] It lies north of the Arctic Circle on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, and is the only place on the Arctic Ocean connected to the rest of Canada by road.[9] Known as Port Brabant after British colonization, in 1950 it became the first Indigenous settlement in Canada to reclaim its traditional name.[12]
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