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'''Kugaaruk''' ([[Inuktitut syllabics]]: ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ<ref name="tour"/><ref>John Ningark MLA for Kugaaruk, [http://www.assembly.nu.ca/node/181 syllabics] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130115121213/http://www.assembly.nu.ca/node/181 |date=15 January 2013 }}, [http://www.assembly.nu.ca/john-ningark English] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525101914/http://www.assembly.nu.ca/john-ningark |date=25 May 2012 }}</ref> ''Kuugaarjuk''{{Pronunciation-needed}} or ᑰᒑᕐᕈᒃ ''Kuugaarruk'';{{Pronunciation-needed}} English: "little stream") (also called ''Arviligjuaqy'',{{Pronunciation-needed}} meaning "the great [[bowhead whale]] habitat"<ref name=coop/>), formerly known as Pelly Bay until 3 December 1999,<ref name="tour">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nunavuttourism.com/kugaaruk.aspx |title=Kugaaruk at Nunavut Tourism |access-date=9 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115143052/http://www.nunavuttourism.com/kugaaruk.aspx |archive-date=15 November 2012 }}</ref> is located on the shore of [[Pelly Bay]], just off the [[Gulf of Boothia]], [[Simpson Peninsula]], [[Kitikmeot Region|Kitikmeot]], in Canada's [[Nunavut]] territory. Access is by air by the [[Kugaaruk Airport]] and, by annual supply [[sealift]], and by sea ice. ''Kugaaruk'' means "little stream",<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.comca/en/article/kugaaruk/ |title="Kugaaruk" in ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''|access-date=2006-10-07}}</ref> the traditional name of the brook that flows through the hamlet.
Near the hamlet is [[North Warning System#CAM-4|CAM-4]], a [[North Warning System]] site that was once part of the [[Distant Early Warning Line]].
==Kugaardjuq School==
Kugaardjuq School includes [[kindergarten]] to [[Twelfth grade|grade 12]]. It is very modern and includes a large south facing library, computer lab, gymnasium and science lab. Currently there are two language specialists who teach [[Natsilingmiutut]], while the rest of the staff isare southern teachers.{{When|date=November 2009}} In 2010 many of the [[Nunavut Teacher Education Program]] (NTEP) graduates, who are locals, were to become teachers in levels from kindergarten to grade 7. As the only outsiders in the community are government workers, the student population is almost entirely Inuit.<ref>[http://kitikmeot.edu.nu.ca/pdf/kugaaruk.pdf Kugaardjuq School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107041724/http://kitikmeot.edu.nu.ca/pdf/kugaaruk.pdf |date=7 January 2009 }} at the Kitikmeot Schools Operations</ref><ref>[http://www.polarnet.ca/~pellybay/ Kugaardjuq School] (outdated)</ref>
All high schools in Nunavut use the [[Alberta]] educational [[curriculum]]. However, one challenge faced by educators in this community is that most students read at about 3 or 4 grade levels lower than their Albertan counterparts (as of 2007). As with most schools in Nunavut, the school is under the partial authority of the locally elected District Education Authority (DEA), who design policy as well as make decisions regarding discipline, spending, and cultural activities.
Kugaaruk was involved in the [[Mississauga]] [[YMCA]] exchange in 2007. Fifteen children from Kugaaruk made their way to Mississauga with three teachers for seven days. Then 15 people from Mississauga travelled to Kugaaruk for 11 days to experience the land and culture. Sites visited in Ontario included the [[CN Tower]], the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]], [[Queen's Park (Toronto)|Queen's Park]], [[Square One Shopping Centre]], [[Much (TV channel)|MuchMusic]], [[Niagara Falls]], Great Wolf Lodge, and the two exchange schools: [[Clarkson Secondary School|Clarkson Secondary]], and Hillside Senior Public School.
On 28 February 2017, the school caught on fire, described as "suspicious". Most of the school burned down, the gym, reception area and high school portion were all completely destroyed, and the elementary portion was damaged. The replacement cost was provisionally estimated between $25 toand $30 million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/kugaaruk-kugaardjuq-school-fire-1.4004379|title=Fire in Kugaaruk, Nunavut hamlet's only school, leaves massive damage|work=CBC News|access-date=1 March 2017}}</ref>
== Broadband communications ==
==Climate==
Kugaaruk is the location of the lowest [[wind chill]] ever recorded in Canada, of -79−79<ref>[{{Cite web|title=Hourly Data Report for January 13, 1975|url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/hourly_data_e.html?hlyRange=1955-07-16%7C1992-05-31&dlyRange=1957-08-01%7C1992-05-31&mlyRange=1957-01-01%7C1992-12-01&StationID=1718&Prov=NU&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2017&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=1&Day=13&txtStationName=Pelly+Bay&timeframe=1&Year=1975 Hourly Data Report for January 13, 1975]</ref> or |archive-110 °F<ref name=sowc>{{Cite news |url= https://wwwweb.cbcarchive.caorg/newsweb/canada20240413005521/the-science-of-wind-chill-1.819530 |title= The science of wind chill |date= 14 January 2009 |publisher= CBC News }}</ref><ref>Elaine Wheaton, ''But it's a dry cold!'' (Fifth House Publishers, 1998) p48</ref> on 13 January 1975, based on an air temperature of {{Convert|-51|C}} and a wind speed of {{cvt|56|km/h}}.<ref>Christopher C. Burt and Mark Stroud, ''Extreme Weatherhttps: A Guide & Record Book'' (W. W. Norton & Company, 2007) p58</ref><ref>[http://wwwclimate.ecweather.gc.ca/meteo-weatherclimate_data/defaulthourly_data_e.asphtml?langhlyRange=En1955-07-16%7C1992-05-31&ndlyRange=5FBF816A1957-08-01%7C1992-05-31&mlyRange=1957-01-01%7C1992-12-01&StationID=1718&Prov=NU&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2017&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=1&Day=13&txtStationName=Pelly+Bay&timeframe=1&Year=1975|archive-date Canada’s= Wind Chill Index]2024-04-13}}</ref>
On 16 February 2018, the Human Weather Observation System (HWOS), a type of [[Automated airport weather station|semi-automated weather observing system]], reported an unreviewed new minimum temperature for the month of February at {{convert|-51.9|C}} at 06:00 [[Mountain Time Zone|MST]].<ref>[http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/hourly_data_e.html?hlyRange=2015-02-12%7C2018-02-18&dlyRange=%7C&mlyRange=%7C&StationID=53518&Prov=NU&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2018&selRowPerPage=25&Line=1&searchMethod=contains&Month=2&Day=16&txtStationName=Kugaaruk&timeframe=1&Year=2018 Hourly Data Report for February 16, 2018]</ref> It beat the previous record of {{convert|-51.5|C}} that was set 28 January 1989.<ref name="ccn"/>
Kugaaruk has a [[tundra climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|ETKöppen]]: ''ETf'') with short but cool summers and long cold winters.
{{Kugaaruk weatherbox}}
{{Weather box
|location = Kugaaruk ([[Kugaaruk Airport]])<br>Climate ID: 2303092; coordinates {{coordinates|68|32|26|N|89|47|50|W|type:landmark_region:CA-NU|name=Kugaaruk Airport}}; elevation: {{cvt|15.5|m}}; 1981–2010 normals
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|width=100%
|Jan maximum humidex= -6.7
|Feb maximum humidex= -9.9
|Mar maximum humidex= -3.5
|Apr maximum humidex= 1.3
|May maximum humidex= 5.4
|Jun maximum humidex= 25.3
|Jul maximum humidex= 31.2
|Aug maximum humidex= 25.7
|Sep maximum humidex= 18.4
|Oct maximum humidex= 6.0
|Nov maximum humidex= -0.7
|Dec maximum humidex= -1.5
|year maximum humidex= 31.2
|Jan record high C = -7.0
|Feb record high C = -10.0
|Mar record high C = -3.5
|Apr record high C = 1.8
|May record high C = 7.5
|Jun record high C = 26.0
|Jul record high C = 27.5
|Aug record high C = 29.0
|Sep record high C = 18.5
|Oct record high C = 8.0
|Nov record high C = 0.0
|Dec record high C = -2.5
|year record high C= 29.0
|Jan high C = -29.9
|Feb high C = -29.6
|Mar high C = -24.0
|Apr high C = -14.3
|May high C = -4.0
|Jun high C = 6.1
|Jul high C = 13.9
|Aug high C = 10.1
|Sep high C = 2.7
|Oct high C = -6.0
|Nov high C = -17.4
|Dec high C = -24.6
|year high C = -9.7
|Jan mean C= -33.5
|Feb mean C= -33.5
|Mar mean C= -28.5
|Apr mean C= -19.4
|May mean C= -7.9
|Jun mean C= 2.9
|Jul mean C= 9.3
|Aug mean C= 6.5
|Sep mean C= 0.4
|Oct mean C= -9.1
|Nov mean C= -21.1
|Dec mean C= -28.3
|year mean C= -13.5
|Jan low C = -37.1
|Feb low C = -37.3
|Mar low C = -33.0
|Apr low C = -24.5
|May low C = -11.7
|Jun low C = -0.4
|Jul low C = 4.6
|Aug low C = 2.9
|Sep low C = -2.0
|Oct low C = -12.1
|Nov low C = -24.9
|Dec low C = -32.0
|year low C = -17.3
|Jan record low C = -51.5
|Feb record low C = -49.5
|Mar record low C = -51.0
|Apr record low C = -44.5
|May record low C = -32.0
|Jun record low C = -15.2
|Jul record low C = -1.5
|Aug record low C = -5.0
|Sep record low C = -14.0
|Oct record low C = -31.0
|Nov record low C = -40.5
|Dec record low C = -48.5
|Jan chill = -65
|Feb chill = -68
|Mar chill = -62
|Apr chill = -51
|May chill = -35
|Jun chill = -23
|Jul chill = 0
|Aug chill = -9
|Sep chill = -20
|Oct chill = -44
|Nov chill = -52
|Dec chill = -60
|year chill= -68
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 9.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 8.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 14.1
|Apr precipitation mm = 20.0
|May precipitation mm = 18.6
|Jun precipitation mm = 22.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 36.5
|Aug precipitation mm = 44.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 28.7
|Oct precipitation mm = 28.4
|Nov precipitation mm = 17.7
|Dec precipitation mm = 13.5
|year precipitation mm = 261.3
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 0.0
|Feb rain mm = 0.0
|Mar rain mm = 0.0
|Apr rain mm = 0.0
|May rain mm = 1.1
|Jun rain mm = 18.1
|Jul rain mm = 36.5
|Aug rain mm = 43.1
|Sep rain mm = 15.2
|Oct rain mm = 2.6
|Nov rain mm = 0.0
|Dec rain mm = 0.0
|year rain mm= 116.6
|snow colour = green
|Jan snow cm = 9.0
|Feb snow cm = 8.1
|Mar snow cm = 14.1
|Apr snow cm = 20.1
|May snow cm = 17.7
|Jun snow cm = 4.1
|Jul snow cm = 0.0
|Aug snow cm = 1.6
|Sep snow cm = 13.6
|Oct snow cm = 26.0
|Nov snow cm = 18.4
|Dec snow cm = 13.5
|year snow cm = 146.2
| humidity colour = green
|Jan humidity= 72.7
|Feb humidity= 78.1
|Mar humidity= 73.2
|Apr humidity= 80.8
|May humidity= 82.9
|Jun humidity= 77.3
|Jul humidity= 66.4
|Aug humidity= 72.0
|Sep humidity= 81.2
|Oct humidity= 85.0
|Nov humidity= 79.0
|Dec humidity= 78.4
|year humidity= 77.2
|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 6.6
|Feb precipitation days = 5.0
|Mar precipitation days = 6.9
|Apr precipitation days = 6.7
|May precipitation days = 8.1
|Jun precipitation days = 7.2
|Jul precipitation days = 9.6
|Aug precipitation days = 13.1
|Sep precipitation days = 12.5
|Oct precipitation days = 12.8
|Nov precipitation days = 9.2
|Dec precipitation days = 7.2
|year precipitation days = 104.8
|unit rain days = 0.2 mm
|Jan rain days = 0.0
|Feb rain days = 0.0
|Mar rain days = 0.0
|Apr rain days = 0.0
|May rain days = 0.6
|Jun rain days = 5.9
|Jul rain days = 9.6
|Aug rain days = 12.8
|Sep rain days = 6.5
|Oct rain days = 0.6
|Nov rain days = 0.0
|Dec rain days = 0.0
|year rain days= 36.0
|unit snow days = 0.2 cm
|Jan snow days = 6.6
|Feb snow days = 5.0
|Mar snow days = 6.9
|Apr snow days = 6.7
|May snow days = 7.8
|Jun snow days = 1.8
|Jul snow days = 0.1
|Aug snow days = 0.7
|Sep snow days = 7.0
|Oct snow days = 12.6
|Nov snow days = 9.4
|Dec snow days = 7.3
|year snow days= 71.8
|source 1 = [[Environment and Climate Change Canada]] Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010<ref name="ccn">{{cite web | publisher = [[Environment and Climate Change Canada]] | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=1719&prov=&lang=e&dCode=4&dispBack=1&StationName=Kugaaruk&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 | id = Climate ID: 2303092 |title = Kugaaruk A | work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 | access-date = 30 April 2014}}</ref>
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==History==
==Sources==
* Bennett, John, and Susan Diana Mary Rowley. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=6cjGnMRRrcEC&pg=PA360&lpg=PA360&dq=arviligjuaq&sourcepg=web&ots=sR2HPyvgEW&sig=vCMf_74L_Hznfz_rXRpzigAA4Ig#PPA360,M1PA360 Uqalurait An Oral History of Nunavut]''. McGill-Queen's native and northern series, 36. Montreal: [[MQUP]], 2004. {{ISBN|0-7735-2340-5}}
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