Aklavik
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| Territory : | Northwest Territories | ||
| Region: | Inuvik region | ||
| Coordinates : | 68 ° 13 ′ N , 135 ° 1 ′ W | ||
| Residents : | 594 (as of 2006) | ||
| Time zone : | Mountain Time ( UTC − 7 ) | ||
| Postal code : | X0E 0A0 | ||
| Area code : | +1 867 | ||
| Mayor : | Andrew Charlie | ||
Aklavik (Akłarvik, Inuktitut "place where bears are hunted") is a municipality in the Northwest Territories ( Canada ) with 594 inhabitants (according to the 2006 census), which is mainly inhabited by the Gwichin and the Inuvialuit . It is located north of the Arctic Circle , about 55 km west of Inuvik on the Mackenzie Delta. The municipality can only be reached from Inuvik in the winter months through the so-called "Ice Bridges" and by air.
Since Aklavik had to struggle again and again with flooding and erosion, the place was given up in 1961 in favor of Inuvik as the administrative center of the territorial government.
Buildings
Web links
Commons : Aklavik - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Information about Aklavik on the website of the Parliament of the Northwest Territories ( Memento of October 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- The Rockies: The beginning in Aklavik ( Memento from January 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Travel report by Klaus Bednarz
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Gazetteer of the Northwest Territories . NWT Cultural Places Program, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Center 2017, accessed January 9, 2018.