Ikahuk Co-operative Limited
Sachs Harbour, NT X0E 0Z0
Ph: (867) 690-4222
Fax: (867) 690-3701
Incorporated in June 1971, the Co-op is located on Banks Island in NWT. Co-op operations include a retail store, fuel delivery and property rentals. The Co-op provides essential services to this remote community.
About the Community
Traditional Name: Ikaahuk (where you go across to)
POPULATION: 135
Location
Sachs Harbour is the northern-most community in the Northwest Territories, located 523 km northeast of Inuvik. Prominent languages spoken are Inuvialuktun and English The community is accessible by air from Inuvik year round and bulk supplies and food are barged in during the summer months.
Sachs Harbour was named after the ship 'Mary Sachs' of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913. In 1929 a permanent settlement was established when three Inuit families settled here to trap. In 1953 the RCMP set up a detachment post and people lived a very traditional lifestyle hunting muskox, caribou and polar bear.
Today the community's economy is based primarily on hunting and trapping and to a lesser degree on tourism. Oil and gas exploration continues in the Beaufort Sea and local businesses include retail and food sales, supporting mostly the local needs.
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