Inuvik Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town in Northwest Territories, Canada
About Inuvik
In contrast to other settlements in the North American Arctic, Inuvik strikes the visitor as a permanent settlement rather than an outpost in hostile terrain. Its streets are not only named butpaved. Along them are permanent buildings that look like houses rather than glorified trailers, churches (and even a mosque!) parks with ballfields and playgrounds, bank branches, a town hall complex, hospital and even a Royal Canadian Legion hall. And it's surrounded by taiga and swamps rather than unbroken tundra. You could be forgiven for thinking it's almost anywhere else in Northern Canada ... that is, until you think about how much the buildings seem to be designed to retain heat. And then you might look closely, and notice the long metallic tunnels running aboveground between buildings—somethi
Top Attractions in Inuvik
Explore the best things to see and do in Inuvik:
- ★Fiddle and Flow Festival
- ★Great Northern Arts Festival
- ★Inuvik Muskrat Jamboree
- ★Inuvik Sunrise Festival
- ★Midnight Sun Mosque
- ★Midnight Sun Recreation Complex
- ★Our Lady of Victory Church
Where to Eat in Inuvik
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Alestine's
- 🍴Cloud Nine Restaurant
- 🍴Lil Ava's
- 🍴Mamaqtuq
- 🍴The Roost
Where to Stay in Inuvik
- 🏨Arctic Chalet
- 🏨Arctic Char Suites
- 🏨Capital Suites
- 🏨Mackenzie Hotel
- 🏨Nova Inn
Inuvik Travel Guide Sections
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