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Also known as Spence Bay

Taloyoak or Talurjuaq (Inuktitut syllabics: ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ), formerly known as Spence Bay until 1 July 1992, although the body of water on which it is situated continues to be known as Spence Bay — same as the body of water on which Iqaluit is situated continues to be known as Frobisher Bay — (2021 population 934) is located on the Boothia Peninsula, in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. The community is served only by air and by annual supply sealift. Taloyoak, the northernmost community in mainland Canada, in Inuktitut means "large blind", referring to a stone caribou blind or a s

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Taloyoak
Settlement.native_name
ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅTalurjuaq
Settlement.image_skyline
Taloyoak 01.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Taloyoak in June
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Canada Nunavut#Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Territory
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Region
Settlement.subdivision_type4
Electoral district
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Nunavut
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kitikmeot
Settlement.subdivision_name4
Netsilik
Settlement.government_type
Hamlet council
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Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Chuck Pizzo-Lyall
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MLA
Settlement.leader_name1
Cecile Nelvana Lyall

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Wikidata facts

Country
Canada
Located in
Nunavut
Area
37.65
Elevation
28
Image
Taloyoak 01.jpg
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Commons category
Taloyoak
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Demographics
  • Broadband communications
  • Surrounding area
  • Climate
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Taloyoak or Talurjuaq (Inuktitut syllabics: ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ), formerly known as Spence Bay until 1 July 1992, although the body of water on which it is situated continues to be known as Spence Bay — same as the body of water on which Iqaluit is situated continues to be known as Frobisher Bay — (2021 population 934) is located on the Boothia Peninsula, in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. The community is served only by air and by annual supply sealift. Taloyoak, the northernmost community in mainland Canada, in Inuktitut means "large blind", referring to a stone caribou blind or a screen used for caribou hunting. The community is situated east of the regional centre of Cambridge Bay, northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

==Demographics==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taloyoak” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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