| Tsiigehtchic Tsiigehtshik |
|
|---|---|
| — Charter Community — | |
| Tsiigehtchic from the Dempster Highway, looking towards Inuvik | |
|
Tsiigehtchic
|
|
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Northwest Territories |
| Region | Inuvik Region |
| Constituency | Mackenzie Delta |
| Census division | Inuvik Region |
| Mission | 1868 |
| Government | |
| • Chief | Frederick Blake |
| • Senior Administrative Officer | Carol Lennie |
| • MLA | David Krutko |
| Area | |
| • Land | 48.98 km2 (18.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 175 |
| • Density | 3.6/km2 (9.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC−7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−6) |
| Canadian Postal code | X0E 0B0 |
| Area code(s) | 867 |
| Telephone exchange | 953 |
| Prices | |
| - Living cost | 152.5A |
| - Food price index | 153.2B |
| Sources:Community Governance Data List,[1] 2006 Canada Census,[2] Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,[3] Tsiigehtchic profile at the Legislative Assembly[4] Canada Flight Supplement[5] ^A 2005 figure based on Edmonton = 100[6] ^B 2004 figure based on Yellowknife = 100[6] |
|
| Historical populations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | %± | |
| 1996 | 168 |
|
|
| 1997 | 169 | 0.6% | |
| 1998 | 165 | -2.4% | |
| 1999 | 188 | 13.9% | |
| 2000 | 192 | 2.1% | |
| 2001 | 198 | 3.1% | |
| 2002 | 212 | 7.1% | |
| 2003 | 209 | -1.4% | |
| 2004 | 202 | -3.3% | |
| 2005 | 189 | -6.4% | |
| 2006 | 181 | -4.2% | |
| 2007 | 175 | -3.3% | |
| 2008 | 154 | -12.0% | |
| 2009 | 136 | -11.7% | |
| Sources: NWT Bureau of Statistics[6] | |||
Tsiigehtchic ("mouth of the iron river") (officially the Charter Community of Tsiigehtchic[7]) is a Gwich’in community located at the confluence of the Mackenzie and the Arctic Red River, in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community was formerly known as Arctic Red River, until 1 April 1994.
Population is 175 according to the 2006 Census.[2] In 2009 the Government of the Northwest Territories reported that the population was 136 with an average yearly growth rate of -1.6 from 1996.[6]
The Dempster Highway, NWT Highway 8, crosses the Mackenzie River at Tsiigehtchic.[8] During winter vehicle traffic is over the ice, during the rest of the year, traffic is carried by the ferry MV Louis Cardinal.
The ferry stops at Tsiigehtchic, on the western shore of the Arctic Red River, and on the western and eastern shores of the Mackenzie River, connecting the two legs of the Dempster Highway. The community is one of the few in the NWT not to be served by a permanent airport.
Contents |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||