Northwest Territories, Canada has an area of 1,346,106 sq km. With 41,000 inhabitants, its capital is Yellowknife.
The territory of Northwest Territories shares its borders with a few islands in the Arctic Archipelago and with Nunavut, Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba on the Canadian mainland. Many of these provinces were carved out of Northwest Territories. Its topography is dominated by mountain ranges, lowlands and the tundra region.
Originally inhabited by the Inuit, Cree and Ojibwa people, it was later occupied by the British with the Hudson’s Bay Company.
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| Yellowknife Travel Guide |
| Yellowknife, home to the 2008 Arctic Winter Games, is the capital city of the Northwest Territories in Canada, just 500 km south of the Arctic Circle. It lies on the shores of the Great Slave Lake
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| Inuvik Travel Guide |
| Inuvik is situated in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The distance of this place from the Arctic Ocean is 100 kms and from the north of the Arctic Circle is 200 kms.
As a result of this northern ... |
| All the cities in North West Territories |
| Inuvik |
Yellowknife |
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