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Aklavik

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Aklavik (ăklä`vĭk), settlement (1991 pop. 801), Northwest Territories, Canada, on the west channel of the Mackenzie River. The unsuitability of the land at the site led to the construction of Inuvik Inuvik , town (1991 pop. 3,206), Northwest Territories, Canada, on the east channel of the Mackenzie River. It was built (1954–62) as a new townsite for Aklavik and was the first model town in the Canadian Arctic. Inuvik has an airport.
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In the introductory books to the series, 11-year-old Tom McLeod of Aklavik in the Mackenzie River Delta, and mother Julie-Ann Andre of Tsiigehtchic, share their love of the land.
95) by Tom McLeod and Mindy Willett, young readers are introduced to 11-year-old Tom McLeod from Aklavik, who tells of how the Mackenzie Delta floods in the spring, how to make bannock, and how to trap muskrats or hunt black ducks.
During the site visits, the author visited the NWT communities of Yellowknife, Deline, Norman Wells, Inuvik, Aklavik, and Tuktoyaktuk, as well as two remote oil camps.
 
 
 
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