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Prime Minister John Diefenbaker unveiling the Inuvik plaque, 1961. (NWT Archives/N-1993-002-0648/ R.C. Knights)
Inuvik Today
In 1961, the Honourable John Diefenbaker, then Prime Minister of Canada,
unveiled a plaque that reads
"This was the first community north of the Arctic Circle built to
provide the normal facilities of a Canadian town. It was designed not
only as a base for development and administration, but also as a centre
to bring education, medical
care and new opportunities to the people of the western Arctic."
The plaque
is on a monument whose three curves symbolize the Inuvialuit, Gwich'in
and non-native peoples who comprise Inuvik today. Our Lady of Victory,
an igloo shaped church, can be seen behind the monument.
Today Inuvik
has a population of more than 3000 people. One-quarter of them are Inuvialuit.
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