Inuvik, Northwest Territories

Canada

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by Antonio Martins

• Inuvik

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Unequal triband of dark blue, white and dark blue charged on the white area with a local badge. This badge highly stylized, shows a house, a tent and a setting sun.

Inuvik, with a population of 3296 (as of 1996), is also spelled Inuvvik (meaning "place of man"), and was originally named East Three; it is located at 68°21'N lat. and 133°43'W long., on the East Channel of the Mackenzie River Delta. Local languages are Inuvialuktun, Gwich'i and English, and the community belongs to the electoral districts of Inuvik Boot Lake and Inuvik Twin Lakes and to the land claim areas of Inuvialuit and Gwich'in.
Antonio Martins, 27 June 2000