Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories

Welcome to Ulukhaktok, NWT

The community of Ulukaktok is found on the west side of Victoria Island on the Amundsen Gulf in the Northwest Territories. The area around Ulukaktok is hilly, with steep cliffs and bluffs that are home to a wide variety of animals, birds and fish.

Ulukaktok is also home to the most northernly golf course on the North American continent. Golfing on the open tundra is a truly unique experience. Each summer, the Billy Joss Celebrity Golf Tournament is held, attracting golfers from around the world.

Ulukaktok is internationally known for its traditional art and particularly, the Holman Art Prints, which are known for their distinctive style. Using lithography, stenciling, stonecut and linocut, the artists of HUlukaktok have created a series of prints that are prized by collectors and museums alike.

Dancing and drumming are also part of community life in Ulukaktok. The Ulukaktok Dancers and Drummers have performed for many audiences across Canada.

The Arctic Char Inn in Ulukaktok

The community of Ulukaktok, NWT

The Ulukhaktok Dancers

Holman art print from the Ulukhaktok  Print Shop

While you're in Holman:

• visit the famous Ulukhaktok Print Shop
• play a round of golf on the most northernly golf course in North America
• listen to the Ulukhaktok Drummers
• visit the Arctic Islands
• go bird watching on Bank Island
• see herds of musk oxen
• visit the old trading post on Read Island
• go fishing for Arctic Char
• see some of the 200 species of plants on Victoria Island
• watch Packing dolls in the making