City reference · Canada / Northwest Territories

Inuvik

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Inuvik destination photograph: Western Arctic Vistors' Centre, Inuvik, NT.jpg
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A first look at Inuvik

Inuvik ("place of man" in Inuktitut) is a town in Canada's Northwest Territories at the inland end of the Mackenzie Delta and the northern end of the Dempster Highway, almost 200 km (120 miles) north of the Arctic Circle. With around 3,400 permanent residents as of the last census, it is the most populous town in the Canadian Arctic.

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