- Kugluktuk, Nunavut
Kugluktuk (
Inuinnaqtun : "Qurluktuk", "the place of moving water";Inuktitut : ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ, formerly Coppermine until1 January ,1996 ) is a hamlet located in the Kitikmeot Region ofNunavut ,Canada , onCoronation Gulf , southwest of Victoria Island. It is the westernmost community in Nunavut, almost on the border with theNorthwest Territories . As of the 2006 census the population was 1,302 an increase of 7.4% from the 2001 census. [ [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6208059&Geo2=PR&Code2=62&Data=Count&SearchText=Kugluktuk&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=&GeoCode=6208059 2006 census] ]The traditional language of the area was
Inuinnaqtun and is written using theLatin alphabet rather than the syllabics of the Inuktitut writing system. Like Cambridge Bay, Bathurst Inlet and Umingmaktok syllabics are rarely seen and used mainly by the Government of Nunavut.Kugluktuk is located on the shore of the
Arctic Ocean . The surrounding landscape is dominated by the rocky and often barrenCanadian Shield . The region has a semi-arid Arctic climate, with very cold winters, light snowfall, and summers too cool to permit the growth of trees. Though trees do exist in the region, they are dwarfed and extremely sparse.Plant growth in the region during summer months includes small shrubs, grass, moss, lichens, blueberries, blackberries, cranberries, various flowers, and dwarfed pine and birch trees.
The community has the usual services, a post office, Northern Store, co-op store, and Hunters & Trappers Association. The entire town is covered by wireless
Internet service. There are two schools, theKugluktuk High School and theJimmy Hikok Ilihakvik .In June 2004, a fuel line broke in the center of Kugluktuk, spilling 2000 litres of
diesel fuel.ee also
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Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park
*Bloody Falls Massacre
*Kugluktuk Airport References
* [http://langcom.nu.ca/languages/dialectmap-web.pdf Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut - PDF Dialect Map]
* [http://langcom.nu.ca/languages/en_writing.html Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut - Writing systems]Further reading
* Dredge, L. A. Where the river meets the sea geology and landforms of the lower Coppermine River Valley and Kugluktuk, Nunavut. [Ottawa] : Geological Survey of Canada, 2001. ISBN 0660185504
* Pedersen, Lena, and Donna Stephania. "Crime Prevention in Kugluktuk". Ottawa: Caledon Institute of Social Policy, 1999. ISBN 1894159616
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