2017年4月20日 星期四

The Northwest Territories of Canada


Northwest Territories
Canadian Territory
The Northwest Territories of Canada include the regions of Dehcho, North Slave, Sahtu, South Slave and Inuvik. Their remote landscape encompasses forest, mountains, Arctic tundra and islands in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Dehcho's Nahanni National Park Reserve centers around the canyons of the South Nahanni River and 90m-high Virginia Falls. The regional capital, Yellowknife, is on the north shore of Great Slave Lake.
TreeTamarack Larch
House seats1 of 338 (0.3%)
Federal representation(in Canadian Parliament)
Senate seats1 of 105 (1%)
ConfederationJuly 15, 1870 (Hudson's Bay Company cedes territory to Canada) (6th)






QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"It's taking longer for everything to freeze up, and the ice isn't as thick. Ice roads are the lifeline of our communities, and now they're at risk."
WALLY SCHUMANN, the minister of infrastructure for the Northwest Territories, on the 3,300 miles of ice roads in Canada that link communities with the outside world during frigid winters.

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