Northernmost mosque in North America opens in Canada

OTTAWA. November 11. KAZINFORM The northernmost mosque in North America has opened in Inuvik, in Canada's Northwest Territories, where there is a growing Muslim population; Kazinform refers to BBC News.

After being assembled in the city of Winnipeg, the building travelled some 4,500km (2,800 miles) along both rivers and roads to get to its destination.

The mosque, which has been nicknamed "the little mosque on the tundra", doubles as a community centre.

Inuvik has roughly 3,200 residents, some 80 of whom are Muslim.

They are mainly Sunni Muslims from Lebanon, Egypt and Sudan who were drawn to northern Canada by job opportunities.

The new 1,554-sq-ft (473-sq-m) building is a step up from the one-bedroom trailer Muslims in the town have used for prayer services over the past 10 years; Kazinform cites BBC News.

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