Sachs Harbour

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Sachs Harbour is a small Inuvialuit community on Banks Island in the Northwest Territories of Canada, known as one of the northernmost settlements in the country and a center for traditional subsistence activities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sachs Harbour canonical 3
Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf community
hamlet
settlement
accessMode primarily accessible by air
seasonal access by sea
areaCode 867
climate Arctic tundra climate
polar climate
country Canada
culturalRegion Inuvialuit Settlement Region
surface form: Inuvialuit cultural area
environment permafrost
treeless tundra
ethnicGroup Inuit
surface form: Inuvialuit
governingBody Hamlet of Sachs Harbour Council
governingTerritory Government of the Northwest Territories
hasFacility community hall
community store
health centre
local school
indigenousPeople Inuit
surface form: Inuvialuit
knownFor Arctic wildlife
muskox populations
proximity to polar bear habitat
traditional Inuvialuit subsistence lifestyle
latitudeCharacteristic one of the northernmost settlements in Canada
locatedIn Arctic Archipelago
Arctic region
surface form: Canadian Arctic

Inuvik Region
Northern Canada
Northwest Territories
locatedOn Banks Island
near Aulavik National Park
officialLanguage English
partOf Inuvialuit Settlement Region
populationCharacteristic predominantly Indigenous
small population
postalCodePrefix X0E
primaryEconomicActivity subsistence fishing
subsistence hunting
traditional harvesting of wildlife
trapping
regionType remote Arctic community
representedInLegislatureBy Member of the Legislative Assembly for Nunakput
representedInParliamentBy Member of Parliament for Northwest Territories
timeZone Mountain Time Zone
timeZoneDST Mountain Daylight Time
traditionalLanguage Inuvialuktun
transportConnection served by Sachs Harbour Airport
wildlifeRegion marine mammal hunting area
migratory bird habitat

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Inuvialuit Settlement Region contains Sachs Harbour
Inuvialuktun hasSpeakerCommunity Sachs Harbour
Banks Island largestSettlement Sachs Harbour
Banks Island largestSettlement Sachs Harbour
this entity surface form: Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories