Cambridge Bay
Cambridge Bay
Iqaluktuuttiaq ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ | |
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Aerial view (2023) | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Cam Bay | |
Cambridge Bay Cambridge Bay | |
| Coordinates: 69°06′50″N 105°03′10″W / 69.11389°N 105.05278°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Kitikmeot |
| Electoral district | Cambridge Bay |
| Settled | 1921 |
| Incorporated (hamlet) | 1 April 1984 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wayne Gregory |
| • Senior Administrative Officer | Jim MacEachern |
| • MLA | Pam Gross |
| Area | |
• Total | 195.70 km2 (75.56 sq mi) |
| • Population Centre | 0.85 km2 (0.33 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 31 m (102 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 183 m (600 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,760 |
| • Density | 9.0/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| • Population Centre | 1,403 |
| • Population Centre density | 1,652.9/km2 (4,281/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Postal code | X0B 0C0 |
| Area code | 867 |
| Telephone exchange | 983 |
| GNBC Code | OADAD |
| NTS Map | 77D2 Cambridge Bay |
| Website | Official site |
Cambridge Bay (Inuinnaqtun: Iqaluktuuttiaq[9] Inuktitut: ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ; 2021 population 1,760;[6] population centre 1,403[7]) is a hamlet located on Victoria Island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is the largest of the two settlements on Victoria Island, the other being Ulukhaktok in the Northwest Territories. Cambridge Bay is named for Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, while the traditional Inuinnaqtun name for the area is Ikaluktutiak (old orthography) or Iqaluktuuttiaq (new orthography) meaning "good fishing place".
The traditional language of the area is Inuinnaqtun and is written using the Latin alphabet rather than the syllabics of the Inuktitut writing system. Like Kugluktuk, Bathurst Inlet and Umingmaktok, syllabics are rarely seen and used mainly by the Government of Nunavut.[10][11]
Cambridge Bay is the largest stop for passenger and research vessels traversing the Arctic Ocean's Northwest Passage,[12] a disputed area which the Government of Canada claims are Canadian Internal Waters, while other nations state they are either territorial waters or international waters.[13][14]
- ^ "Cambridge Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2019–2020" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "2021 General Election" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Mayor of Cambridge Bay resigns". 1 November 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "2023 General Election". Elections Nunavut.
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
2021censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2021 Census Cambridge Bay [Population centre]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Elevation at airport. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Iqaluktuuttiaq". Government of Nunavut. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut – PDF Dialect Map Archived 2 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut – Writing systems Archived 13 September 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Cambridge Bay hosts 4 Northwest Passage-bound yachts". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "TP 14202 E: Interpretation". Transport Canada. 27 November 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
- ^ Huebert, Rob (Winter 2001). "Climate Change and Canadian Sovereignty in the Northwest Passage". The Calgary Papers in Military and Strategic Studies. 2 (4). Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary: 383–399. ISSN 1492-0611. Retrieved 13 January 2008.