Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Inuvik's Our Lady of Victory Church, often called Igloo Church, is a famous landmark in the region. It is the most-photographed building in the town [citation needed]. Inuvik has the Midnight Sun Mosque, North America's northernmost, which opened in November 2010 after being built in Winnipeg and moved 4,000 km (2,500 mi) by truck and barge. [51]
The Inuvik Region or Beaufort Delta Region is one of five administrative regions in the Northwest ... Inuvik: Inuuvik Town Yes 3,137-3.3% 840: 125: ... Code of Conduct;
It comprised the northern and western part of the Northwest Territories, with its main economic centre in the town of Inuvik. The 2006 census reported a population of 9,192 and a land area of 522,215.2 km 2 (201,628.4 sq mi). [4] This represented about 23 percent of the population and about 46 percent of the land area of the Northwest Territories.
Aklavik / ə ˈ k l æ v ɪ k / (Inuvialuktun: Akłarvik) (from the Inuvialuktun meaning barrenground grizzly place [4]) is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Tuktoyaktuk (/ ˌ t ʌ k t ə ˈ j æ k t ʌ k / TUK-tə-YAK-tuk; Inuvialuktun: Tuktuyaaqtuuq [təktujaːqtuːq], lit. ' it looks like a caribou ') [5] is an Inuvialuit hamlet near the Mackenzie River delta in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, at the northern terminus of the Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway.
The northern Canadian town of Inuvik has begun experiencing the 56 days of continuous sunlight it will get as part of the phenomenon known as midnight sun.
The mosque was built in 2010 for the town's small Muslim community. It is the northernmost mosque in the Western Hemisphere [3] and the only one in North America above the Arctic Circle. [a] Inuvik's Muslim community outgrew its original worship centre, a truck trailer, by the late 2000s.
Fort McPherson (Gwich'in: Teetł'it Zheh [tʰeː.tɬʼɪtʰ ʒɛh], at the head of the waters) is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.It is located on the east bank of the Peel River and is 121 km (75 mi) south of Inuvik on the Dempster Highway.