Ulukhaktok
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Ulukhaktok Ulukhaqtuuq Uluqsaqtuuq formerly Holman |
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| Hamlet | |
Looking at Ulukhaktok from the bluffs that give the community its name.
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 Ulukhaktok
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| Coordinates: 70°44′11″N 117°46′05″W / 70.73639°N 117.76806°WCoordinates: 70°44′11″N 117°46′05″W / 70.73639°N 117.76806°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Northwest Territories |
| Region | Inuvik Region |
| Constituency | Nunakput |
| Census division | Region 1 |
| Settled | 1937 |
| Incorporated (hamlet) | 1 April 1984 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Laverna Klengenberg |
| • Senior Administrative Officer | William Bennett |
| • MLA | Jackie Jacobson |
| Area | |
| • Land | 124.45 km2 (48.05 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 36 m (118 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 36 m (118 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 402 |
| • Density | 3.2/km2 (8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MST (UTC−7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−6) |
| Canadian Postal code | X0E 0S0 |
| Area code(s) | 867 |
| Telephone exchange | 396 |
| - Living cost | 177.5 |
| - Food price index | 204.1 |
| Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Canada Flight Supplement ^A 2009 figure based on Edmonton = 100 ^B 2010 figure based on Yellowknife = 100 |
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Ulukhaktok (traditional spelling Ulukhaqtuuq and known until 1 April 2006 as Holman) is a small hamlet on the west coast of Victoria Island, in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Like other small traditional communities in the territories, hunting, trapping, and fishing are major sources of income, but printmaking has taken over as the primary source of income in recent years.
The two principal languages in Ulukhaktok are the Kangiryuarmiutun dialect of Inuinnaqtun, which is politically part of the Inuvialuktun group, and English.
The first people to settle in the area were Natkusiak and his family in 1937. Two years later, the Hudson's Bay Company relocated from Walker Bay and a Roman Catholic mission was opened the same year.
The English name, Holman, was in honour of J.R. Holman, a member of Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield's 1853 expedition in search for the Arctic explorer, John Franklin. The community was sometimes known as Holman Island. This, however, is the name of the small island outcrop to the east-southeast in the Amundsen Gulf.
In 2006, the community was renamed with the traditional name, Ulukhaktok, meaning "the place where ulu parts are found", or "a large bluff where we used to collect raw material to make ulus". The large bluff that overlooks Ulukhaktok was the source that provided the slate and copper used to make ulus and give the community its name. Thus, the people who live there are called Ulukhaktokmiut ("people of"). Ulukhaktokmiut is a recent word as no people actually lived permanently in this area until the opening of the Hudson's Bay Company store, although people did visit the area to obtain the ulu materials and camp en route to other nomadic seasonal camp areas.
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