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- Gjoa Haven, Nunavut - Gjoa Haven or (Inuktitut: Uqsuqtuuq, Syllabics: ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ, meaning "lots of fat", referring to the abundance of blubbery sea mammals in the nearby waters) is a hamlet in Nunavut, above the Arctic Circle, located in the Kitikmeot Region, 1,056 km NE of Yellowknife. It ...
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- Uriash Puqiqnak - Uriash Puqiqnak (born: 1946) is an experienced soapstone carver and former territorial and municipal level politician. He served as Mayor of Gjoa Haven, Nunavut and was a member of the Nunavut Legislature from 1999 until 2004.
- North West Passage Territorial Park - The Northwest Passage Territorial Park is located at Gjoa Haven, on King William Island Nunavut, Canada. The park consists of six areas that show in part the history of the exploration of the Northwest Passage and the first successful passage by Roald Amundsen in the Gjøa.
- Netsilik Inuit - The Netsilik Inuit (Netsilingmiut) live predominately in the communities of Kugaaruk and Gjoa Haven of the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut and to a smaller extent in Taloyoak and the north Qikiqtaaluk Region. They were, in the early 20th century, among the last Northern indigenous people to encounter missionaries from the south.