Tuktoyaktuk
Tuktuyaaqtuuq (Inuktitut) Port Brabant (formerly) | |
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Hamlet | |
 North Warning System radar station at Tuktoyaktuk | |
 Seal | |
| Nickname: Tuk | |
  Tuktoyaktuk  Tuktoyaktuk | |
| 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 (/ˌtʌktəˈjæktʌk/ TUK-tə-YAK-tuk; Inuvialuktun: Tuktuyaaqtuuq [təktujaːqtuːq], lit. '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]
- ^ "Tuktoyaktuk". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
2021censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ "NWT Communities - Tuktoyaktuk". Government of the Northwest Territories: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre – official names" (PDF). Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ Northwestel 2008 phone directory
- ^ Canadian Geographical Names Database – Native names for Native places Archived 1 October 2006 at archive.today
- ^ a b Tuktoyaktuk – Statistical Profile at the GNWT
- ^ a b Montgomery, Marc. "Canada now officially connected by road-coast to coast to coast", CBC Radio, 15 November 2017. Retrieved on 15 November 2017.
- ^ Lamb, David. "Driving to the top of the world: Exploring Canada's new Arctic highway", CBC, 18 April 2017. Retrieved on 15 November 2017.
- ^ Welcome To The Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk Website
- ^ "Infofile Detail – Native Names for Native Places". Edmonton Public Library. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2012.