Inuvik

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Inuvik, NWT, incorporated as a town in 1970, population 3463 (2011c), 3484 (2006c). The Town of Inuvik is located on the MACKENZIE RIVER delta, 97 km south of the BEAUFORT SEA and 1086 air km northwest of Yellowknife. The name is from the INUIT and means "place of man." The community was constructed in the late 1950s and early 1960s to replace the existing settlement of AKLAVIK, which was threatened by floods and erosion.

Present Day

Inuvik is the administration, communications and fur trading centre of the lower Mackenzie R area and is the largest community N of the ARCTIC CIRCLE. Until 1986 much of its economy was centred on nearby oil and gas exploration. Canadian Armed Forces facilities became Arctic College's Aurora Campus.
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Inuvik, or "place of man," at the edge of the Mackenzie Delta in the NWT (photo by John deVisser).

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North-line
A map of Statistics Canada's North-line which delineates the North from the South of Canada.

Aurora Research Institute
Check the website for the Aurora Research Institute for news about their latest research projects.

The Mackenzie Gas Project
The website for the Mackenzie Gas Project, a proposed 1,196-kilometre natural gas pipeline system along the Mackenzie Valley in the Northwest Territories which will connect northern onshore gas fields with North American markets. Click on the interactive map to view the pipeline's route.

Inuvik
The website for the Town of Inuvik, NWT, located 2 degrees above the Arctic Circle on the scenic Mackenzie River and Delta. See "Living in Inuvik" for a community profile and history.

Inuvik Visitors Guide
A colourful and informative visitors guide to the Inuvik region in the Northwest Territories.

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