Ulukhaktok
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| Territory : | Northwest Territories | ||
| Region: | Inuvik region | ||
| Coordinates : | 70 ° 44 ′ N , 117 ° 46 ′ W | ||
| Residents : | 398 (as of 2006) | ||
Ulukhaktok , traditionally written Ulukhaqtuuq ( Innuinaqtun ) or Uluqsaqtuuq ( Inuktitut ) and known as Holman until April 1, 2006 , is a small community on the west coast of Victoria Island and belongs to the Inuvik region of the Canadian Northwest Territories . About 94% of the 400 inhabitants are Inuvialuit or Inuit . As in other small settlements, the inhabitants originally made their living from hunting, trapping and fishing, but over the past few decades the art of printing has increasingly become the main source of income. Essentially, the Kangiryuarmiut dialect of Innuinaqtun and English are spoken here.
The settlement began when the family of a man named Natkusiak (approx. 1885–1947) settled here in 1937. Two years later, a Hudson's Bay Company branch was relocated from Walker Bay, and a Roman Catholic missionary station was established that same year. Little by little, people from the wider area moved here. Family ties exist up to the settlements of Kugluktuk and Gjoa Haven , as well as to settlements on the Mackenzie River Delta and on the Beaufort Sea ; individual families are also descendants of the Danish trader Christian Klengenberg .
The traditional name Ulukhaqtuuq means “place where ulu parts are found” and denotes the large cliff from which the inhabitants of the region got their raw material slate and copper to make the ulu (woman's knife). As a result, the people living here were referred to as Ulukhaqtuumiut (people of Ulukhaqtuuq), a new word because before the establishment of the Hudson's Bay branch and the Roman Catholic mission station, nobody lived here permanently, only people came to talk to Ulu To cover material.
Today the northernmost golf course in the world is located here, where the international golf tournament known as the Billy Joss Open Celebrity Golf Tournament is held every summer.
The opportunities to fish for Arctic and American Arctic char in the area are also of growing tourist interest . In addition, Holman is headed for by cruise ships in the arctic summer on the route of the Northwest Passage.
Well-known artists from the Ulukhaktok settlement include Helen Kalvak (1901–1984) and Elsie Klengenberg (* 1946), whose graphic works are in international demand.
Ulukhaktok is served by the airlines Aklak Air from Inuvik and First Air from Yellowknife .
Individual evidence
- ↑ RG Condon Natkusiak (ca. 1885-1947) (PDF; 617 KB). In: Arctic 45, 1992, pp. 90-92 (English)
literature
- Richard G. Condon, Julia Ogina: The Northern Copper Inuit. A History , University of Toronto Press, Toronto 1996, ISBN 0-8020-0849-6