Umingmaktok

Umingmaktok Umingmaktuuq
—  Settlement  —
Umingmaktuuq - looking towards the Co-op store
Umingmaktok
Coordinates: 67°41′56″N 107°55′27″W / 67.69889°N 107.92417°W / 67.69889; -107.92417Coordinates: 67°41′56″N 107°55′27″W / 67.69889°N 107.92417°W / 67.69889; -107.92417
Country	Canada
Territory	Nunavut
Region	Kitikmeot Region
Electoral district	Cambridge Bay
Government[1][2]
– n/a	n/a
– MLA	Keith Peterson
Area[3]
– Total	100.28 km2 (38.7 sq mi)
Elevation[4]	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2006)[3]
– Total	0
– Density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)
– Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
Canadian Postal code	X0B 2A0

Umingmaktuuq - the other half of the community

The community of Umingmaktok ("he or she caught a muskox") is located in Bathurst Inlet in the Kitikmeot Region of Canada's Nunavut Territory. The community was previously known as Bay Chimo and the Inuit refer to the community as Umingmaktuuq ("like a musk ox").

The traditional language of the area was Inuinnaqtun and is written using the Latin alphabet rather than the syllabics of the Inuktitut writing system. Like Cambridge Bay, Bathurst Inlet and Kugluktuk syllabics are rarely seen and used mainly by the Government of Nunavut.

Situated at the site of a deserted Hudson's Bay Company post, the community was formed as an outpost camp by Inuit families that wanted to live a more traditional lifestyle. The area around Umingmaktuuq is said to be rich in wildlife such as the Arctic fox, fur seals, barren-ground caribou, Arctic char and musk ox.

As of the 1996 Census, there were 51 people living in Umingmaktuuq, all but one of whom were Inuit. As of the 2006 census the population was 0 as opposed to 5 people in the 2001 census.^[3] At present, there are two families residing permanently in the community.

With less than two dozen residents, Umingmaktuuq is one of the smallest permanent non-military communities in Nunavut. At one time the community had a school that provided education up to Grade 6. Today, any students are flown to Cambridge Bay and return to the community only for the summer and Christmas.

The community has no electricity other than that provided by portable generators, and communication with the outside world is by satellite phone. The only access to the community is by chartered aircraft, and the landing strip divides Umingmaktuuq in half. On one side is the old Hudson's Bay Company buildings and the Co-op store. On the other side is the main residential area.

See also

• Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut
• List of communities in Nunavut

References

1. ^ Hamlets elect new councils
2. ^ Election Results - 2008 General Election
3. ^ ^{a b c} 2006 census
4. ^ Elevation at airport. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 20 October 2011 to 0901Z 15 December 2011

• Regional Analysis of the West Kitikmeot
• Nunavut Handbook - Joe Otokiak
• Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut - PDF Dialect Map
• Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut - Writing systems

Further reading

• Lee, John. Wolverine Harvest and Carcass Collection Coppermine, Bay Chimo and Bathurst Inlet, 1992/93. Yellowknife, NWT: Dept. of Renewable Resources, Govt. of Northwest Territories, 1994.

External links

• E-mail in Bay Chimo
• West Kitikmeot Slave Study (map)
• Canadian Arctic Profiles (outdated)
• http://www.nunavuttourism.com/explore/index.aspx?l=0,2,4,6,28