Kugluktuk
Kugluktuk (ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ in Inuktitut syllabics; formerly, Coppermine) is a hamlet with about 1400 people in the Kitikmeot Region in western Nunavut.
Understand
[edit]The traditional Inuinnaqtun name for the area means "the place of moving water", referring to the Coppermine River.
Get in
[edit]By boat
[edit]Aside from cruise ships, there are no passenger ships serving Kugluktuk.
By plane
[edit]- 1 Kugluktuk Airport (YCO IATA). Canadian North operates flights to Kugluktuk from Yellowknife (90 mins; $550 one-way). It also has less frequent scheduled "milk run" flights from Cambridge Bay and Ulukhaktok.
Get around
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Map of Kugluktuk
See
[edit]- 1 Kugluk Territorial Park (Bloody Falls), 15km southwest of Kugluktuk.
- Cliffs along the Coronation Gulf
Do
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[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Coppermine Inn, 2 Amagok St, ☏ +1 867-982-3333. Family-run hotel.