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Sights and landmarks in Inuvik

6 sights worth seeing in Inuvik: landmarks, galleries, monuments and viewpoints.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Sights and landmarks in Inuvik

  1. See

    Midnight Sun Mosque

    North America's northernmost mosque. Not too distinctive architecturally, except for the (purely functional) minaret.

  2. See

    Our Lady of Victory Church

    Igloo Church

    Probably Inuvik's best-known building, there are reasons to check out this prominent downtown landmark even if you aren't a devout Catholic celebrating Mass away from home. This distinctive circular domed church, with its exterior painted to look like an igloo, was built in 1960, making it one of the oldest buildings in town. Inside it features artwork by Inuit artist Mona Thrasher. Church staff sometime offer scheduled tours providing a behind-the-scenes look at the building, including its unique roof and basement areas.

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    Great Northern Arts Festival

    Has been held annually for 10 days in the middle of July, around the end of the midnight-sun period. Participating artists come from across the north, as far way as Newfoundland, and even some from Alaska; while artists and art lovers come from all over the world to appreciate their work. Everyone one with the northern spirit is welcome to have bannock and caribou stew and see the best of the best in Arctic art. Some artists are even creating their pieces on site, so you can see first hand how to turn a stone into a magnificent figure of polar bears, walrus or Inuit faces.

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    Inuvik Muskrat Jamboree

    Annual event in March or April. Dog team, snowshoe and skidoo races, tea boiling contest, harpoon toss and muskrat skinning.

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    Inuvik Sunrise Festival

    The annual Sunrise Festival happens in January, usually around the time Inuvik's month-long polar night ends with a 15-minute day as the sun breaks over the mountains to the south. The event combines various native traditions with modern ones, such as the fireworks that can't be displayed at Canada Day celebrations due to the midnight sun. Every year it keeps getting bigger.

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    Fiddle and Flow Festival

    Music festival in mid-August.

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Inuvik (CC BY-SA 4.0).