Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories - City and Town Halls on Waymarking.com

Tuktoyaktuk was incorporated as a hamlet in 1970. This building houses the local government administration and Council room.

An influenza epidemic introduced by American whalers in the late 1800s and early 1900s had a disastrous effect on the Inuit population in and around Tuktoyaktuk. The current population is Inuit as well as descendents of the Alaskan Dene peoples and residents of Herschel Island who also settled there.

A Hudson’s Bay Company trading post was established in Tuktoyaktuk in 1937 and by the 1950s, as part of the Early Warning Line, Radar Domes were installed to monitor air traffic and detect potential intrusions by the Soviets during the cold war.

The 1973 OPEC oil embargo and 1979 seasonal fuel shortage brought saw an influx to the area as Tuktoyaktuk became a base for oil and gas exploration of the Beaufort Sea.

Today oil and gas exploration is still important. An all-season road will open in the next two years that will connect the hamlet to Inuvik and, ultimately, southern Canada.

Name: Hamlet Office Address: xxx Tuktoyaktuk, NT Canada X0E 1C0 Memorials/Commemorations/Dedications: Web Site for City/Town/Municipality: [Web Link] Date of Construction: Not listed Architect: Not listed

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