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Tuktoyaktuk as seen from the air, 1994. Large rocks visible
near the sand spits (on the right in the photo) at low
tide are said to resemble caribou. (PWNHC/E. Hart)
Explore Tuktuuyaqtuuq
"Place Where There is Something That Looks Like a Caribou"
When
the Charles was freed from the ice at Tapkrak we set sail for Tuktuyaktuk.
("I, Nuligak" p. 39)
Tuktuuyaqtuuq, or Tuktoyaktuk as it is more commonly spelled today, takes its name from an Inuvialuit legend.
Felix
Nuyaviak 
told this story about the meaning of Tuktuuyaqtuuq in Inuvialuktun in
the 1970s:
"The name Tuktuuyaqtuuq comes from a legend about a girl who was forbidden to look at some caribou that were swimming across the harbour. She disobeyed and the caribou turned to rock. Several large rocks can still be seen from the point at the north end of the town when the water is low." (NWT Archives/N-1992-007)
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