northwest territories

Northwest Territories

Size and Location The Northwest Territories include the northern most areas of Canada. This territory is as big as 1, 141,000 Km. The territory is between Nunavut and Yukon. These are territories, too. The Northwest Territories is near Beaufort Sea.

Pictures of the Location

Map of Canada Map of the Northwest Territories

Land

Three geographic nations cover most of the Northwest Territories: The Arctic Archipelago, the eastern Arctic Mainland, and the western Mackenzie Valley area. The first two regions are beyond the tree line and will roughly form Nunavut The Arctic Archipelago includes all the territories’ islands.

Pictures of the 3 Regions

Arctic Archipelago Eastern Arctic MainlandMackenzie Valley Area

Capital and Major Cities

The Northwest Territories only has a few major cities. They are: Fort Simson. Fort Smith, Hay River, Inuvik and Yellowknife. Yellowknife is also the capital of the Northwest Territories. Yellowknife is a really important part of the Northwest Territories because most of the people in this territory live in the capital city.

Pictures of the Major Cities

Fort Simpson Hay River Fort Smith

Inuvik Yellowknife

Weather and Climate

It is very cold in the Northwest Territories. The winter lasts very long and the summer lasts very short, there. Even in summer, there, it’s still cold. It just becomes a little hot.

Pictures of the Weather

Summer in the Northwest Territories

Winter in the Northwest Territories

Population

Not a lot of people live in the Northwest Territories. The population of this territory is only 43,247. So only 1.0% of people live in the Northwest Territories. The population density is 0.0,there.

Picture of Population

Plants

The Arctic only grows strong and sturdy plants. Some of them are grass, moses and heather. A sub-region of the Arctic lands, known as the polar dessert, is even more barren.

Pictures Of The Plants

Grass Moss

Heather

Heather

Animals

The types of animals found in the Northwest Territories: Arctic foxes, Arctic hares, bald eagles, beaver, beluga whales, bisons, Canada geese, Canada lynxs, caribou, fisher, flying squirrels, grizzly bears, moose, pacific loons, peregrine falcons, polar bears, porcupines, raccoons, rainbow trouts, red foxes, snowy owl, striped skunks, tundra swan, wolves and wolverines.

Pictures of the Animals

Canada Geese Striped Skunk Tundra Swan

Sports and Activities

The Northwest Territories is an area of natural beauty. This makes it an ideal location for outdoor adventures! There are mostly winter sports and activities there. The popular sports are: snowshoeing, dog-sledding, skating, golfing, ice-climbing, hunting and cycling.

Pictures of Sports & Activities

Snowshoeing Dog sleddingSkating

Golfing Ice climbing

Attractions

There aren’t that many attractions in the Northwest Territories, but there are some and they are very beautiful. These attractions are: Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, the Nahanni National Park, the Wood Buffalo National Park, Victoria Island and Cambridge Bay.

Pictures of the Attractions

Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre

Nahanni National Park Victoria Island

Cambridge Bay

Famous People

There are a few famous people that live or were born in this territory. These people are : Ethel Blondin Andrew= First women elected to Canada parliament. Abraham Opkik= First Inuik elected to legislative assembly of the Northwest Territories. Charlie Penigoniak= Singer, songwriter, musician. Peter Pitseolak= Photographer, artist, historian. Nellie Cournoyea=Politician.

Pictures of the Famous People

Ethel Blondin Andrew

Abraham Opkik Charlie Penigoniak

Peter Pitseolak Nellie Cournoyea

Tourism

The Northwest Territories is the perfect destination for tours. Especially in the summer time, when the weather is hot. Many tourists come to bird-watch, while some tourists watch polar bears. People also come to hike or to hunt. Others come for outdoor adventures like canoeing, white water rafting, horse trekking and ice-fishing.

Pictures of Tourists

Bird Watching

Canoeing White Water Rafting

Reference

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En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Territories