Nunavut, Canada
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Kugaaruk is located on the shore of Pelly Bay, just off the Gulf of Boothia, Simpson Peninsula, Kitikmeot, in Canada's Nunavut Territory. Access is by air by the Kugaaruk Airport and by annual supply sealift. Kugaaruk means "little stream", the traditional name of the brook that flows through the village.

Kugaaruk is the location of the coldest wind chill ever recorded in Canada of -135°F (-78°C) on January 13, 1975, based on an air temperature of -60°F and a wind speed of 35 mph.

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