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Districts of the Northwest Territories

Index Districts of the Northwest Territories

The vastness of Canada's Northwest Territories (spelled 'North-West Territories' from 1870 to 1905) meant that for much of its history it was divided into several districts for ease of administration. [1]

47 relations: Alberta, Baffin Region, Northwest Territories, Boothia Peninsula, British Columbia, Canada, Canada–United States border, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Council of Keewatin, District of Alberta, District of Athabasca, District of Franklin, District of Keewatin, District of Mackenzie, District of Saskatchewan, District of Ungava, Dominion Land Survey, Former colonies and territories in Canada, Fort Smith Region, Northwest Territories, History of Northwest Territories capital cities, History of the Northwest Territories, Hudson Bay, Hudson's Bay Company, Inuvik Region, Keewatin Region, Northwest Territories, Kitikmeot Region, Northwest Territories, Klondike Gold Rush, Lake Winnipeg, List of Northwest Territories Legislative Assemblies, List of regions of the Northwest Territories, Manitoba, Melville Peninsula, Nelson River, Newfoundland and Labrador, North-Western Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Politics of the Northwest Territories, Provinces and territories of Canada, Quebec, Rupert's Land, Saskatchewan, Territorial evolution of Canada, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Western Europe, Yellowknife, Yukon.

Alberta

Alberta is a western province of Canada.

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Baffin Region, Northwest Territories

The Baffin Region was a region of the Northwest Territories, in use as an administrative and statistical division until the creation of Nunavut in 1999.

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Boothia Peninsula

Boothia Peninsula (formerly Boothia Felix, Inuktitut Kingngailap Nunanga) is a large peninsula in Nunavut's northern Canadian Arctic, south of Somerset Island.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Canada–United States border

The Canada–United States border, officially known as the International Boundary, is the longest international border in the world between two countries.

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Canadian Arctic Archipelago

The Canadian Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Arctic Archipelago, is a group of islands north of the Canadian mainland.

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Council of Keewatin

The Council of Keewatin was an unelected legislative body and territorial government for the now-defunct District of Keewatin in Canada.

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District of Alberta

The District of Alberta was one of four districts of the Northwest Territories created in 1882.

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District of Athabasca

The District of Athabasca was a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories.

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District of Franklin

The District of Franklin was a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories.

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District of Keewatin

The District of Keewatin was a territory of Canada and later an administrative district of the Northwest Territories.

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District of Mackenzie

The District of Mackenzie was a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories.

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District of Saskatchewan

The District of Saskatchewan was a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories.

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District of Ungava

The District of Ungava was a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories from 1895 to 1920, although it effectively ceased operation in 1912.

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Dominion Land Survey

The Dominion Land Survey (DLS) is the method used to divide most of Western Canada into one-square-mile (2.6 km2) sections for agricultural and other purposes.

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Former colonies and territories in Canada

A number of states and polities formerly claimed colonies and territories in Canada prior to the evolution of the current provinces and territories under the federal system.

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Fort Smith Region, Northwest Territories

Fort Smith Region was a former Statistics Canada census division, one of two in the Northwest Territories, Canada.

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History of Northwest Territories capital cities

The history of Northwest Territories capital cities begins with the purchase of the Territories by Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1869, and includes a varied and often difficult evolution.

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History of the Northwest Territories

The History of the Northwest Territories begins with the population of the region by First Nations peoples, and proceeds through the transformation of it into provinces and territories of the nation of Canada, including the modern administrative unit of the Northwest Territories.

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Hudson Bay

Hudson Bay (Inuktitut: Kangiqsualuk ilua, baie d'Hudson) (sometimes called Hudson's Bay, usually historically) is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of.

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Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group.

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Inuvik Region

The Inuvik Region is one of five administrative regions in the Northwest Territories of Canada.

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Keewatin Region, Northwest Territories

The Keewatin Region was a region of the Northwest Territories, in use as an administrative and statistical division until the creation of Nunavut in 1999.

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Kitikmeot Region, Northwest Territories

The Kitikmeot Region was part of the Northwest Territories until division in April 1999 when most of the region became part of Nunavut.

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Klondike Gold Rush

The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899.

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Lake Winnipeg

Lake Winnipeg (Lac Winnipeg) is a very large, but relatively shallow lake in central North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada.

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List of Northwest Territories Legislative Assemblies

This is a list of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assemblies dates and legislative sessions from 1870–present.

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List of regions of the Northwest Territories

The regions of the Northwest Territories can refer to either the six census divisions defined by Statistics Canada, or the five administrative regions defined by the government of the Northwest Territories.

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Manitoba

Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of Canada.

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Melville Peninsula

Melville Peninsula is a large peninsula in the Canadian Arctic north of Hudson Bay.

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Nelson River

The Nelson River is a river of north-central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

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Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; Akamassiss; Newfoundland Irish: Talamh an Éisc agus Labradar) is the most easterly province of Canada.

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North-Western Territory

The North-Western Territory was a region of British North America until 1870.

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Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories (NT or NWT; French: les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, TNO; Athabaskan languages: Denendeh; Inuinnaqtun: Nunatsiaq; Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ) is a federal territory of Canada.

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Nunavut

Nunavut (Inuktitut syllabics ᓄᓇᕗᑦ) is the newest, largest, and northernmost territory of Canada.

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Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

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Politics of the Northwest Territories

The Politics of Northwest Territories involves not only the governance of the Northwest Territories but also the social, economic and political issues specific to the territory.

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Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada are the sub-national governments within the geographical areas of Canada under the authority of the Canadian Constitution.

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Quebec

Quebec (Québec)According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in English; the name is.

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Rupert's Land

Rupert's Land, or Prince Rupert's Land, was a territory in British North America comprising the Hudson Bay drainage basin, a territory in which a commercial monopoly was operated by the Hudson's Bay Company for 200 years from 1670 to 1870.

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Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie and boreal province in western Canada, the only province without natural borders.

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Territorial evolution of Canada

The Dominion of Canada was formed on July 1, 1867, when the British colonies of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia were merged to form a single Dominion within the British Empire.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Western Europe

Western Europe is the region comprising the western part of Europe.

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Yellowknife

Yellowknife is the capital and only city, as well as the largest community, in the Northwest Territories (NT or NWT), Canada.

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Yukon

Yukon (also commonly called the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three federal territories (the other two are the Northwest Territories and Nunavut).

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Redirects here:

Districts of Northwest Territories, Districts of the North-West Territories, Districts of the northwest territories.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districts_of_the_Northwest_Territories

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