Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories
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Tsiigehtchic ("mouth of the iron river") (officially the Charter Community of Tsiigehtchic[1]) 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 195 according to the 2001 Census.
The Dempster Highway, NWT Highway 8, crosses the Mackenzie River at Tsiigehtchic. The community is one of the few in the NWT not to be served by a permanent airport.
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- Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Tsiigehtchic profile
- Prince of Wales Northen Heritage Centre - official names
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