Komakuk Beach, Arctic beach in Ivvavik National Park, Canada
Komakuk Beach lies on a narrow coastal plain at the base of the Richardson Mountains, on Yukon's Arctic coast at 69°35′ N, 140°11′ W. The site is a former DEW Line station, closed in 1993 and cleaned up over seven years before being incorporated into Ivvavik National Park in 2000.
A DEW Line station operated at Komakuk Beach until its closure in 1993, when Canada dismantled such sites after the Soviet Union's collapse. Cleanup of environmental damage took seven years, and the site joined Ivvavik National Park in 2000. The Inuvialuit residents, along with those of Herschel Island, were relocated to Aklavik and Inuvik in the Northwest Territories that same year.
The Inuvialuit people made this area their home for generations until moving to other communities in the 1990s. Their connection to this remote shoreline shaped how the land was used and understood.
The beach is completely undeveloped with no facilities or lodging, so visitors must bring all needed supplies. Getting there requires arranging transportation through the national park administration.
The former DEW Line station here was closed in 1993, and cleaning up its environmental damage took seven years before the site joined Ivvavik National Park in 2000. The nearest settlement in Yukon, Old Crow, lies about 225 km south, so the area around the site has no residents.
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