
Ulukhaktok - Wikipedia
Ulukhaktok ( (Kangiryuarmiutun (Inuit): Ulukhaqtuuq, pronounced [ulukhɑqtuːq̚]) and known until 1 April 2006 as Holman or Holman Island) is a small hamlet on the west coast of Victoria Island, in the Inuvialuit Regional Settlement of the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Ulukhaktok - Spectacular NWT
Formerly known as Holman, this Inuvialuit community of about 500 wraps around the head of an Arctic inlet on the west coast of Victoria Island, the ninth-largest island on Earth. Its name translates to “where there is ulu material,” referring to the copper used to make the semi-circular Inuit knife called an ulu.
Ulukhaktok - Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
Ulukhaktok (Holman), or Uluksaqtuuq, (meaning “place where one finds material to make ulus”) is located on Victoria Island and is the most eastern Inuvialuit community. With a population of almost 500, Ulukhaktok also holds traditional ties with the Inuit of the central Arctic.
Ulukhaktok - Canadian North
Ulukhaktok is a hamlet on the west coast of Victoria Island, in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories. Its economy centres around fishing, hunting and trapping, but printmaking has recently become a major source of income for its citizens.
Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories Canada | Come Explore Canada
Ulukhaktok, formerly known as Holman or Holman Island until 1 April 2006, is a quaint hamlet nestled on the west coast of Victoria Island, in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Ulukhaktok (HOLMAN) - Yukon Territory Information
Ulukhaktok (known until 1 April, 2006 as Holman) is a small hamlet on the west coast of Victoria Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. The 2001 census indicated a population of 398, of which 375 are Inuvialuit or Inuit.
Ulukhaktok | Attractions - Lonely Planet
Sitting on the shores of the Arctic Ocean on the western half of Victoria Island, Ulukhaktok (formerly Holman) is a small Inuvialuit community famous for two things: colorful Holman prints (Ulukhaktok prints), made here using stonecuts and stencils since the 1960s, and the northernmost golf course in the Americas.
Ulukhaktok - The Canadian Encyclopedia
2012年8月7日 · Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, incorporated as a hamlet in 1984, population 396 (2016 census), 402 (2011 census). The hamlet of Ulukhaktok is located on the west coast of Victoria Island, on inlets of the Amundsen Gulf, 925 air kilometres north of Yellowknife. The area is the ancestral homeland of the Inuinnait.
NWT Bureau of Statistics | Ulukhaktok
Ulukhaktok (Holman Island) is a traditional home of the Copper Eskimos. Franklin was the first European to visit the area, and Collinson soon followed in search of the lost Franklin expedition. Habitation of the island was first reported by Steffanson in 1911 when two villages were sited.
Ultima Thule: Ulukhaktok (Holman), Victoria Island:- an arctic …
2015年7月5日 · Holman, renamed Ulukhaktok ("the place were ulu parts are found” in inuit), is located on the west coast, a region rich in copper - which is why Ulu knives are made there. A small hamlet around a coastal bay, frozen most of the year.