About Kuukpak - Home of the Kuukpangmiut

When Kuukpangmiut first lived at Kuukpak they built their dwellings along a stretch of shore next to some low-lying islands that were intersected by shallow channels.  Hunters in kayaks probably chased beluga whales into these channels, and speared them in the shallow waters.

Over the centuries, silt carried down the Mackenzie River filled in the channels, joining the islands together and to the shore. Buried in the ground here, along the ancient shoreline, are the remains of the oldest dwellings at Kuukpak, built about 500 years ago.