Tuktoyaktuk Traditional Cache
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Match stick container. Winter friendly.
Tuk was once the harvesting site for Tuktu, the caribou. In the
past, thousands of Inuvialuit were scattered along the coast from
Herschel Island to Cape Bathurst. During the winter from December
to March, they gathered at Kittigazuit, 16 miles from Tuk, at the
mouth of the East Channel of the Mackenzie River delta. When there
was a need for a suitable harbour for community resupplies for
Inuvialuit communities in the area and to the east, Tuk was chosen
as the site because of the natural harbour from the wind and waves.
It also provided access to a variety of fish species for local use.
A Hudson's Bay trading post was established in 1937. The new
community was situated on one of the nicest harbours in the western
Arctic, suitable at the time for trading schooners, now a base of
oil and gas exploration in the Beaufort Sea. Today Tuk is a major
Inuvialuit community in the Inuvialuit claim area. Residents of Tuk
still hunt for food, often taking day trips to traditional hunting
or fishing spots. Visitors are welcome to explore the contrast
between traditional and modern lifestyles, still evident at
historic Tuktoyaktuk.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Va gur srapr cvcr hc uvtu.