Inuvik

Territórios do Noroeste · Canada

Inuvik

In the destination Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk.

In the photo: View of Inuvik in autumn.

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The city

What to expect from Inuvik.

Main town of Canada’s western Arctic, on the Mackenzie River delta, north of the Arctic Circle. Built on pilings in permafrost, it has the igloo-shaped church, colourful houses and a community greenhouse. It’s the end of the Dempster Highway and the start of the road to Tuktoyaktuk.

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The local experience

What to see in Inuvik

Igloo Church
Church

Igloo Church

Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church, from 1960, in the shape of an igloo, built by volunteers on a base that protects the permafrost, with paintings by an Inuvialuit artist.

Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway
Scenic route

Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway

A gravel road of about 138 km opened in 2017 across tundra and permafrost, the first to reach the Arctic Ocean in Canada.

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