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Inuvik (''place of man'') is a town in the Northwest Territories of Canada and is the administrative centre for the Inuvik Region. The population as of the 2011 Census was 3,484,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Census Profile | Inuvik, T Northwest Territories (Census subdivision) )〕 a decrease of 0.6% from the 2006 Census The two previous census counts show wide fluctuations due to economic conditions: 2,894 in 2001 and 3,296 in 1996.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2001 Community Profiles | 2001 Canada Census )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1996 Census of Canada: Electronic Area Profiles )〕 In 2012 the Government of the Northwest Territories reported that the population was 3,321 with an average yearly growth rate of 0.2% from 2001.〔 == History == Inuvik was conceived in 1953 as a replacement administrative centre for the hamlet of Aklavik on the west of the Mackenzie Delta, as the latter was prone to flooding and had no room for expansion. Initially called "New Aklavik", it was renamed Inuvik in 1958. The school was built in 1959 and the hospital, government offices and staff residences in 1960, when people began to live in the community: Inuvialuit, Dene and Métis. Naval Radio Station (NRS) Inuvik, callsign CFV, was commissioned on 10 September 1963 after operations had been successfully transferred from NRS Aklavik. Station CFV was part of the SUPRAD (Supplementary Radio) network of intercept and direction finding stations. CFS Inuvik closed on 1 April 1986 and the site was transferred to the Dept. of Transport for use as a telecommunications station. Nothing remains of CFS Inuvik today. Even now, many people of all backgrounds still lament its closing. The Navy Operations base at the end of Navy Road was completely dismantled and removed. Inuvik achieved village status in 1967 and became a full town in 1979 with an elected mayor and council. In 1979, with the completion of the Dempster Highway, Inuvik became connected to Canada's highway system, and simultaneously the most northerly town to which one could drive in the summer months — although an ice road through the Mackenzie River delta connects the town to Tuktoyaktuk, on the coast of the Arctic Ocean, and Aklavik, in the winter, and an all-weather road connecting Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk is currently under construction. Between 1971 and 1990, the town's economy was supported by the local Canadian Forces Station, CFS Inuvik, (originally a Naval Radio Station, later a communications research/signals intercept facility) and by petrochemical companies exploring the Mackenzie Valley and the Beaufort Sea for petroleum. This all collapsed in 1990 for a variety of reasons, including disappearing government subsidies, local resistance to petroleum exploration, and low international oil prices. On 10 February 2010, the Google Street View imaging service uploaded images of most Inuvik streets.〔(Google Maps @ Inuvik, NT, Canada ) Move to street views to find photos dated August 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Inuvik」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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