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Kugluktuk (Qurluqtuq, lit. ' the place of moving water '; [7] Inuktitut syllabics: ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ; Inuktitut pronunciation:), 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.
The Bloody Falls massacre was an incident that took place during Hudson's Bay Company employee Samuel Hearne's exploration of the Coppermine River for copper deposits near modern-day Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada on 17 July 1771.
The Coppermine River is a river in the North Slave and Kitikmeot regions of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada. It is 845 kilometres (525 mi) [ 4 ] long. It rises in Lac de Gras , a small lake near Great Slave Lake , and flows generally north to Coronation Gulf , an arm of the Arctic Ocean .
Coppermine may refer, apart from the primary meaning of copper extraction, to: Coppermine Bay, Greenland; Coppermine Herald, one of the heralds at the Canadian Heraldic Authority; Coppermine Peninsula, Antarctica; Coppermine River, in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories; Kugluktuk, Nunavut, formerly known as Coppermine
Kugluktuk Airport (IATA: YCO, ICAO: CYCO) is located at Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the Government of Nunavut. Airlines and destinations [ edit ]
Cambridge Bay (Inuinnaqtun: Iqaluktuuttiaq [9] Inuktitut: ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ; 2021 population 1,760; [6] population centre 1,403 [7]) is a hamlet located on Victoria Island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada.
Kugluktuk [pronunciation? ] ( Inuinnaqtun and French: Kugluktuk, Inuktitut : ᖁᕐᓗᕐᒃᑐᕐᒃ [ 1 ] ) is the most western territorial electoral district ( riding ) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut , Canada.
Kugluktuk is the most westerly hamlet in the Territory of Nunavut. The high school, through the "Kugluktuk High School Athletics Association" also known as the "Kugluktuk Grizzlies", has created a non-profit, stay-in-school organization that uses sport and recreation opportunities as incentives for staying in school, and making healthy ...