Kugluktuk

E442867

Kugluktuk is a remote Inuit community in western Nunavut, Canada, located at the mouth of the Coppermine River on the Arctic Ocean.

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Label Occurrences
Kugluktuk canonical 7

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Inuit community ⓘ
hamlet ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
areaCode 867 ⓘ
climate polar climate ⓘ
climateClassification tundra climate ⓘ
coastType Arctic coastline ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 20 metres ⓘ
ethnicGroup Inuit ⓘ
formerName Coppermine ⓘ
governingTerritorialDivision Government of Nunavut ⓘ
hasAirport Kugluktuk Airport ⓘ
hasCulturalGroup Inuit organizations and hunters and trappers organization ⓘ
hasHealthFacility community health centre ⓘ
hasRecreation Kugluktuk Arena ⓘ
hasRelief low-lying tundra landscape ⓘ
hasSchool Jimmy Hikok Ilihakvik ⓘ
linked to: Peter Irniq

Kugluktuk High School ⓘ
indigenousTerritory Inuit Nunangat ⓘ
latitudeApprox 67 degrees north ⓘ
localGovernmentType hamlet council ⓘ
locatedAtMouthOf Coppermine River ⓘ
locatedIn Kitikmeot Region ⓘ
Nunavut ⓘ
western Nunavut ⓘ
linked to: Nunavut
locatedOn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Coronation Gulf ⓘ
longitudeApprox 115 degrees west ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity hunting and fishing ⓘ
wage employment in services and government ⓘ
meaningOfName "place of moving water" ⓘ
namedAfter Inuinnaqtun word "Kugluktuk" ⓘ
populationCharacteristic small remote community ⓘ
postalCodePrefix X0B ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
Inuinnaqtun ⓘ
regionCapitalOf Kitikmeot Region school operations (regional centre) ⓘ
sea Coronation Gulf ⓘ
servedBy Kugluktuk Airport ⓘ
territorialElectoralDistrict Kugluktuk electoral district ⓘ
timeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
transportAccess no all-season road connection to southern Canada ⓘ
served by air ⓘ
served by seasonal sealift ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime true ⓘ

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