Portal:Northwest Territories
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The Northwest Territories /ˌnɔrθˌwɛst ˈtɛrɨtɔəriːz/ (NWT or NT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, TNO) is a federal territory of Canada.
Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south. It has a land area of 1,140,835 square kilometres (440,000 sq mi) and a population of 41,464 as of the 2006 census, an increase of 11.0% from 2001. In 1967 Yellowknife became the capital as a result of recommendations by the Carrothers Commission.
Geographical features include Great Bear Lake, the largest lake entirely within Canada,[1] Keller Lake and Great Slave Lake, as well as the Mackenzie River and the canyons of the Nahanni National Park Reserve, a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Territorial islands in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago include Banks Island, Borden Island, Prince Patrick Island, and parts of Victoria Island and Melville Island. The highest point is Mount Nirvana near the border with Yukon at an elevation of 2,773 metres (9,098 ft).
While Nunavut is mostly Arctic tundra, the Northwest Territories has a slightly warmer climate and is mostly boreal forest.
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The founder of the Council of Keewatin as well as the District of Keewatin was Alexander Morris. He selected and appointed the members to serve after being given permission by the Government of Canada. After the Council was disbanded in 1877, the legislation passed and departments organized by the council, such as the Boards of Health and Quarantine, continued to remain in force as late as 1878. The council was not reconstituted before the District of Keewatin was ceded back to the Northwest Territories in 1905. All matters of administration were handled by the Government of Canada and the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.
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Wikinews Northwest Territories portal
- February 19: Wikinews Shorts: February 19, 2012
- January 26: 'Davos man' versus 'Camp Igloo'; 42nd World Economic Forum convenes in Swiss alps
- January 13: Observing the 2012 Human Trafficking Awareness Day in the US, and wider world
- January 4: Suspect arrested in Los Angeles arson rampage case
- November 25: Scientists sequence small genome of a pest: spider mite
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- ... that the native copper products of the Northern Canadian aboriginal Copper Inuit were highly regarded in the Bering Strait trade network?
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Periodically, this section is updated with a stub in dire need of attention. These stubs were chosen because they are considered an important article but have not been sufficiently developed.
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List of premiers of the Northwest Territories • List of Northwest Territories general elections
Lorne (N.W.T. electoral district) • History of Northwest Territories capital cities • Council of Keewatin
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