Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories
- Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories
Tsiigehtchic ("mouth of the iron river") (officially the Charter Community of Tsiigehtchic [ [http://www.maca.gov.nt.ca/governments/communityresult.asp?ComCode=403 NWT Government] ] ) is a Gwich’in community located at the confluence of the Mackenzie and the Arctic Red River, in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community was formerly known as Arctic Red River, until 1 April 1994.
Population is 195 according to the 2001 Census.
The Dempster Highway, NWT Highway 8, crosses the Mackenzie River at Tsiigehtchic. The community is one of the few in the NWT not to be served by a permanent airport.
ee also
*Arctic Red River Water Aerodrome
Notes
Further reading
* Heine, Michael K. "Gwichya Gwich'in Googwandak: The History and Stories of the Gwichya Gwich'i ; As Told by the Elders of Tsiigehtchic". Tsiigehtchic, N.W.T.: Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute, 2001. ISBN 1896337058
External links
* [http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/visitorinfo/nwtmap/tsiigehtchic.html Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Tsiigehtchic profile]
* [http://survivingcanada.resist.ca/image/tid/22 Photos] -
* [http://www.pwnhc.ca/programs/downloads/OfficialCommunityNames.pdf Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre - official names]
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