Ulukhaktok
Ulukhaktok
Ulukhaqtuuq Uluqsaqtuuq | |
|---|---|
Hamlet | |
Looking at Ulukhaktok from the bluffs that give the community its name. | |
| Coordinates: 70°44′12″N 117°46′19″W / 70.73667°N 117.77194°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Northwest Territories |
| Government region | Inuvik Region |
| Constituency | Nunakput |
| Census division | Region 1 |
| Land claim | Inuvialuit Settlement Region |
| Settled | 1937 |
| Incorporated (hamlet) | 1 April 1984 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Joshua Oliktoak |
| • Acting Senior Administrative Officer | Mary Banksland |
| • MLA | Jackie Jacobson |
| Area | |
| • Land | 120.71 km2 (46.61 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 36 m (118 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 36 m (118 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 408 |
| • Density | 3.4/km2 (9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Canadian Postal code | X0E 0S0 |
| Area code | 867 |
| Telephone exchange | 396 |
| – Living cost (2018) | 192.5A |
| – Food price index (2019) | 179.9B |
| Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Canada Flight Supplement ^A 2018 figure based on Edmonton = 100 ^B 2019 figure based on Yellowknife = 100 | |
Ulukhaktok ((Kangiryuarmiutun (Inuit): Ulukhaqtuuq, pronounced [ulukhɑqtuːq̚]) and known until 1 April 2006 as Holman or Holman Island) is a small Inuvialuit Settlement Region hamlet on the west coast of Victoria Island, in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Like other small traditional communities in the territories, hunting, trapping, and fishing are major sources of income, but printmaking has taken over as the primary source of income in recent years. The two principal languages in Ulukhaktok are the Kangiryuarmiutun dialect of Inuinnaqtun, which is part of the Inuvialuktun group, and English.
The village has the world's most northerly golf course.
The community was covered in the Inuvialuit Final Agreement as part of their land claims and is in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.