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Kugluktuk
Nunavuttown
Kugluktuk
Total population
1,491
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Overview
Kugluktuk, known as Coppermine until 1 January 1996, is a hamlet at the mouth of the Coppermine River in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada, on Coronation Gulf, southwest of Victoria Island. It is Nunavut's westernmost community, near the border with the Northwest Territories.
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History
Prior to European contact, Dene travelled to the area and interacted acrimoniously with nearby Thule and Inuit, sometimes ending in deadly raids against each other (see Bloody Falls massacre). In July 1821, the British Coppermine expedition team reached the mouth of the Coppermine River, just next to the present day community of Kugluktuk. Arctic explorers Peter Warren Dease and Thomas Simpson reached this area in 1838 to survey from Coronation Gulf at the mouth of Coppermine River to southern Boothia Peninsula. Dease noted that while his group camped near Bloody Falls, the Copper Inuit would flee when his party approached their camps. Between 1913 and 1916, anthropologist Diamond Jenness studied and recorded the traditional lifestyle of Inuit around Kugluktuk. Danish fur trader Christian Klengenberg constructed a trading post in 1916 which formed a permanent year-round community known as Fort Hearne. The Hudson Bay Company established a trading post at this community in 1927. Fort Hearne was renamed to Coppermine in 1930. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police built a police station in 1932. The former name of the community, Coppermine, was named after its namesake Coppermine River. Construction of the Distant Early Warning Line (DEW Line) sites, Lady Franklin Point and Bernard Harbour, on the opposite shore of Coronation Gulf in 1955 created some employment opportunities for the locals. In 1982, a division plebiscite was held. About 80% of the population in what is now Nunavut voted in favour of division; Coppermine was one of only two communities to vote against it, Cambridge Bay was the other. In 1996, a healing ceremony between Dene and Inuit took place to reconcile for historical grievances. The community also changed its name from Coppermine to Kugluktuk on 1…
Geography
Kugluktuk is on the shore of the Arctic Ocean. The surrounding landscape is dominated by the rocky and often barren Canadian Shield. The region has a subarctic climate, but barely so, with July having an average of . It has cold, dry winters, and moderate snowfall that is relatively high for its latitude. Trees do exist in the region due to microclimate,
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Nearby places in Nunavut
- Bernard Harbour66.7 mi away
- Read Island100.8 mi away
- Lupin Mine177.2 mi away
- ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃᑑᖅ Umingmaktok188 mi away
- ᕿᙵᐅᓐ Bathurst Inlet200.2 mi away
- Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay)269.5 mi away · pop. 1,477
- Ellice River303 mi away
- ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ Gjoa Haven494.1 mi away · pop. 900
- ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᕐᒃ Taloyoak551.5 mi away · pop. 500
- Fort Ross569.1 mi away
- ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ Baker Lake584.1 mi away
- Ennadai624.1 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Books about Kugluktuk
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Official Identifiers
StatCan — Statistics Canada
- SGC code
- 6208059
- Population (Wikidata)
- 1,382
- Wikidata
- Q719707
Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • StatCan — Statistics Canada — Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012