Welcome to INUVIK- Land of the Midnight Sun

population 3,586

Located 2 degrees above the Arctic Circle on the scenic Mackenzie River and Delta. Inuvik(place of people) is the homeland of the Inuvialuit and Gwich'in and a wide variety of other aboriginal and non-aboriginal people and cultures.

Inuvik is a place of rich diversity, located on the Mackenzie Delta - Canada's largest fresh water delta, close to the Arctic Ocean, with a spectacular view of the Richardson Mountains. Inuvik is nested between the treeless tundra and the northern boreal forest, and overlooks the incredible maze of lakes and streams of the Delta.

The community is accessible by air year round. It is also accessible by road (the Dempster Highway from Dawson City) year round however during break-up (spring) and freeze-up (fall) the community is not accessible by road. Ice roads also link the communities of Aklavik and Tuktoyaktuk to Inuvik in the winter months where before the only access to these communities is by plane.