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Description
Property Name: Inuvik Mosque
Inventory No: 1-867-1
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2010-11-12
Country (State party): Canada
Province: Inuvik
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 68° 21′ 37″ N
133° 43′ 27″ W
Historic Period: 21th century, 1st half
Year of Construction: 2010
Style: Contemporary
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
It is the North America’s most northerly mosque and its minaret is the first to be built in the Arctic.
Selection Criteria
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
This Mosque was built in August 2010 in Winnipeg, 4,000 km before Inuvik. Traveling on both road and river, the building made it into town safe and sound, settling in its permanent location on Wolverine road.
References
The Daily Mail Reporter Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk)