Avvaq Inuvialuit family in front of a dog sled
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Inuvialuit Elders Edgar Kotokak (left) and Emmanuel Felix (centre) along with one of Nuligak's grandsons, Angus Cockney (right), at Avvaq in 1995
Inuvialuit Elders Edgar Kotokak (left) and Emmanuel Felix (centre) along with one of Nuligak's grandsons, Angus Cockney (right), at Avvaq in 1995. (PWNHC/Elisa Hart)

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"Half"

NuligakAll had returned to Abvak for the summer. ("I, Nuligak" p. 57)

Avvaq is located at the tip of Cape Bathurst. A narrow strait separates Avvaq from Baillie Island.

Elder Edgar Kotokak explains how Avvaq was named:
In winter the ice between Avvaq and Baillie Island often opens up, and it looks as of Avvaq and Baillie Island have broken in half.
(PWNHC/TTKP Video Tape #433/A. Cockney)
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