Northwest Territories
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The Northwest Territories is a territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately 1,127,711.92 square kilometres and a 2026 estimated population of 45,808, it is the second-largest and second-most p
Members of the Coppermine expedition caught by a storm in Coronation Gulf, August 1821
A proclamation concerning the formation of the North-West Territories, from recently transferred territories to the Canadian government.
Sign for an eye clinic in Yellowknife with all 11 official territorial languages
Aerial view of the Diavik Diamond Mine in the North Slave Region
Nunavut
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Nunavut is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, which prov
Northwest Territories
…enlarge existing ones. Its current borders date from April 1, 1999, when the territory's size was decreased again by the creation of a new territory of Nunavut to the east. While Nunavut is mostly Arctic tundra, the Northwest Territories has a slightly warmer climate and is both boreal forest (taiga) and tundra…
Depiction of an Inuit settlement on Boothia Peninsula in the 1830s, during John Ross' second expedition to find the Northwest Passage
A ceremony commemorating the establishment of Nunavut, April 1999
An aerial photo of Nunavut near the Roes Welcome Sound on April 22, 2017
CHARS is one of several Arctic research stations in Nunavut.