Aklavik

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Aklavik is a small, predominantly Indigenous community in the Northwest Territories of Canada, located in the Mackenzie Delta and known for its traditional Inuvialuit and Gwich’in culture.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Aklavik canonical 4
Aklavik Hamlet Council 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf community
hamlet
settlement
country Canada
governedBy Aklavik Hamlet Council
linked to: Aklavik
hasAccessMode air transport
ice road
hasAirport Aklavik/Freddie Carmichael Airport
hasAreaCode 867
hasClimate subarctic climate
hasEconomicActivity local government services
subsistence harvesting
tourism
hasIndigenousLanguage Gwich’in language
Inuvialuktun
hasIndigenousOrganization Aklavik Community Corporation
Ehdiitat Gwich’in Council
hasIndigenousPeoples Gwich’in
Inuvialuit
linked to: Inuit
hasMajorLanguage English
hasMotto Never Say Die
hasNearbyWaterBody Mackenzie River
Peel Channel
Peel River
hasNotableBurial Albert Johnson (Mad Trapper of Rat River)
hasPostalCodePrefix X0E
hasReligiousBuilding Our Lady of Victory Church
hasSchool Moose Kerr School
hasSeasonalPhenomenon midnight sun
polar night
hasSecondaryAirport Aklavik Water Aerodrome
hasTraditionalActivities caribou hunting
fishing
hunting
trapping
whaling
hasTraditionalCulture Gwich’in culture
Inuvialuit culture
locatedIn Inuvik Region
Mackenzie Delta
Northwest Territories
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone
locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
locatedOnRiverDelta Mackenzie River Delta
lostRegionalCentreStatusTo Inuvik
partOfLandClaimRegion Gwich’in Settlement Area
Inuvialuit Settlement Region
populationMajority Indigenous peoples
wasFormerRegionalCentreFor Mackenzie Delta region
linked to: Mackenzie Valley

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aklavik governedBy Aklavik Hamlet Council
linked to: Aklavik
Inuvik replacedSettlement Aklavik
Inuvik hasNearbyCommunity Aklavik