Inuvik, northwestern region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Banks Island, westernmost island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Inuvik region, Northwest Territories; it lies northwest of Victoria Island and is separated from the mainland (south) by Amundsen Gulf.
In addition to Yellowknife, the main towns are Hay River, Fort Smith, and Inuvik; all are in the Mackenzie area.
Mackenzie Mountains, northern extension of the Rocky Mountains, in Yukon and in Inuvik and Fort Smith regions (Northwest Territories), Canada.
Sachs Harbour on its southwest coast, with air service to Inuvik on the mainland, is a base for trappers (especially of white fox) and for oil exploration.
One of the distinctive features of the town of Inuvik is a utilidor, a linear boxlike metal container raised slightly above the surface of the ground, in which the separate sewer, water, and heating pipes are placed.
Sir John Franklin and others explored much of Mackenzie District (now largely the regions of Fort Smith and Inuvik in the Northwest Territories and Kitikmeot in Nunavut) and mapped parts of the northern coastline during the 1820s work that Thomas Simpson continued in 1838 39.
Inuvik region was created in the early 1970s by the territorial government and was formerly part of Mackenzie and Franklin districts.
Inuvik town, located on the Mackenzie River delta, is the regional headquarters and the area's major commercial and transportation centre.
Great Bear Lake, lake, in northern Fort Smith region and southeastern Inuvik region, Northwest Territories, Canada, lying astride the Arctic Circle.
