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.

Capital: Yellowknife

Tree: Tamarack Larch

House seats: 1 of 338 (0.3%)

Federal representation: (in Canadian Parliament)

Senate seats: 1 of 105 (1%)

Confederation: July 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.