Northwest Territories Canada map and information page

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Description

With the creation of Nunavut on April 1, 1999, the area of the former Northwest Territories, which stretched from the Yukon east to Baffin Island and included all of the Arctic archipelago, was reduced by approximately two-thirds.

Regardless, Northwest Territories includes the spectacular Mackenzie Mountains, along with Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake - two of the largest lakes in world.

Facts and Figures

Official Name Northwest Territories

Entered Dominion 1870

Population 41,600

Capital City Yellowknife (15,800)

Languages Chipewyan, Cree, Dogrib, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, Inuinnaqtun, North Slavey and South Slavey.

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Official Currency Canadian Dollar
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Land

Area 1,171,918 sq km (452,652 sq miles)

Highest Point A yet unnamed peak in the Mackenzie Mountains, measured at 9,098 ft, (2,773 meters)

Lowest Point Beaufort Sea, sea level

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