Ulukhaktok
Latitude: 70°44’N, Longitude: 117°45’W
Population: approximately 475
Average Temperature: January: -28.6 July: 9.2
Average Precipitation: January: Snowfall 8.0 cm. July: Rainfall 23.3 mm.
Place one finds material to make ulus
The nineteenth century whalers seldom penetrated as far east as Amundsen Gulf, consequently the explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson was the first qallunaaq, or white man, to visit the Copper Inuit people on the west side of Victoria Island, in 1911. The permanent community formed around a trading post, established in 1940, to capitalize on a then-booming arctic fox fur trapping industry.
Father Henri Tardi came to Holman, from France, as an Oblate missionary in 1939, and taught the skills of printmaking. Holman is now famous for its Inuit print artists and their work.
With a population of approximately 450 people, Holman boasts a top quality nine-hole public golf course, and hosts the "Billy Joss Golf Tournament", the most northernly tournament in Canada. Local guides can help you to also enjoy naturalist expeditions, top quality sport fishing for arctic char and lake trout, and sport hunts.
Community Facts
Well know for local artistic ability, Uluhaktok is home to the Uluhaktok Eskimo Cooperative and Craft Shop which produces prints and other local crafts. The local school is named after one of the most famous artists in the community – Helen Kalvak. Uluhaktok is also home to the world’s most northerly golf course. The annual Billy Joss Golf Tournament is held the second week of July.
Although a member community of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement, the people of Uluhaktok have historically had strong ties with the Inuit of the Eastern Arctic and Nunavut.
Community Access: Uluhaktok is serviced year round by scheduled flights from both Yellowknife and Inuvik.
For information, contact:
Hamlet of Holman
Ph: 867.396.3511 • Fax 867.396.3256
Box 157, Holman, NT, X0E 0S0
