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Paulatuk, Northwest Territories
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Paulatuk (2006 Population 294) is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located adjacent to Darnley Bay, in the Amundsen Gulf. The two principal languages spoken are Inuvialuktun and English. The town was named for the coal that was found in the area in the 1920s, and the traditional spelling is Paulatuuq, "place of coal".
Hunting, fishing and trapping are major economic activities, but in recent years art printmaking has played an increasing role in the local economy.
The Smoking Hills which are about 105 km (65 mi) west on the shores of the Arctic Ocean are a scientifically interesting object, sice they are diminuishing the pH value of the water areas. So the buffer effect has comletely disappeared.
- Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Paulatuk profile
- Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre - official names
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