Cambridge Bay
Cambridge Bay
Iqaluktuuttiaq ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ | |
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Aerial view (2023) | |
| Nickname: Cam Bay | |
| Coordinates: 69°06′50″N 105°03′10″W / 69.11389°N 105.05278°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Kitikmeot |
| Electoral district | Cambridge Bay |
| Settled | 1921 |
| Incorporated (hamlet) | 1 April 1984 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wayne Gregory |
| • Senior Administrative Officer | Jim MacEachern |
| • MLA | Pam Gross |
| Area (2021) | |
• Total | 195.70 km2 (75.56 sq mi) |
| • Population Centre | 0.85 km2 (0.33 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 31 m (102 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 183 m (600 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,760 |
| • Density | 9.0/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| • Population Centre | 1,403 |
| • Population Centre density | 1,652.9/km2 (4,281/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Postal code | |
| Area code | 867 |
| Telephone exchange | 983 |
| GNBC Code | OADAD |
| NTS Map | 77D2 Cambridge Bay |
| Website | Official site |
Cambridge Bay (Inuinnaqtun: Iqaluktuuttiaq Inuktitut: ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ; 2021 population 1,760; population centre 1,403) is a hamlet located on Victoria Island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is the largest of the two settlements on Victoria Island, the other being Ulukhaktok in the Northwest Territories. Cambridge Bay is named for Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, while the traditional Inuinnaqtun name for the area is Ikaluktutiak (old orthography) or Iqaluktuuttiaq (new orthography) meaning "good fishing place".
The traditional language of the area is Inuinnaqtun and is written using the Latin alphabet rather than the syllabics of the Inuktitut writing system. Like Kugluktuk, Bathurst Inlet and Umingmaktok, syllabics are rarely seen and used mainly by the Government of Nunavut.
Cambridge Bay is the largest stop for passenger and research vessels traversing the Arctic Ocean's Northwest Passage, a disputed area which the Government of Canada claims are Canadian Internal Waters, while other nations state they are either territorial waters or international waters.