Inuvik
Also known as Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Inuvik, NT
Inuvik is the only town in the Inuvik Region, and the third largest community in Canada's Northwest Territories. Located in the Beaufort Delta Region, it serves as the region's administrative and service centre. Inuvik is home to federal, territorial, and Indigenous government offices, along with a regional hospital and airport.
Key facts
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- MLA
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- Lesa Semmler (Twin Lakes)
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- MLA
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- Denny Rodgers (Boot Lake)
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- MP
- Settlement.leader_name4
- Rebecca Alty
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- 62.68
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- Population centre
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- 1.60
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- 15
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- 68
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- Inuvik
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Inuvik is the only town in the Inuvik Region, and the third largest community in Canada's Northwest Territories. Located in the Beaufort Delta Region, it serves as the region's administrative and service centre. Inuvik is home to federal, territorial, and Indigenous government offices, along with a regional hospital and airport.
Inuvik is located on the northern edge of a boreal forest just before it begins to transition to tundra. It is on the east side of the enormous Mackenzie River delta. The town lies within the Gwich'in Settlement Region and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.
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