Northwest TerritoriesDiscusses the geography, history, and culture of Canada's Northwest Territories. |
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... Greenland , which is owned by Denmark . On its southeast , across Hudson Bay , is the province of Quebec . On its south are the provinces of Manitoba , Saskatchewan , Alberta , and British Columbia . On its west is the Yukon Territory ...
... Greenland , which is owned by Denmark . On its southeast , across Hudson Bay , is the province of Quebec . On its south are the provinces of Manitoba , Saskatchewan , Alberta , and British Columbia . On its west is the Yukon Territory ...
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... Greenland to the east coast of Baffin Island . For at least 200 years after his voyage , the Icelanders who colonized Greenland came to Arctic Canada to hunt in the summer . The Vikings encountered Native Americans in Canada . Thousands ...
... Greenland to the east coast of Baffin Island . For at least 200 years after his voyage , the Icelanders who colonized Greenland came to Arctic Canada to hunt in the summer . The Vikings encountered Native Americans in Canada . Thousands ...
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... Greenland colony died out , but a new wave of Europeans began to arrive in the 16th century . An Englishman named Martin Frobisher was probably the first European of this period to see the Northwest Territories . He arrived in 1576 ...
... Greenland colony died out , but a new wave of Europeans began to arrive in the 16th century . An Englishman named Martin Frobisher was probably the first European of this period to see the Northwest Territories . He arrived in 1576 ...
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Alaska Alberta American Arctic Archipelago Arctic Circle Arctic coast Arctic Mainland Arviat Athapaskan Auyuittuq National Park Baffin Island Baker Lake Barren Lands Beaufort Sea British called Canada Canadian Arctic caribou carved Chipewyan coast of Baffin communities Dene Dorset economy Ellesmere Island European explorers expedition federal government fishing forests foxes Franklin Frobisher Gjoa Greenland Hay River Hudson Bay Hudson's Bay Company hunting and trapping inhabitants Inuit Cultural Inuvik Iqaluit Keewatin King William Island largest lived located Mackenzie Delta Mackenzie Mountains Mackenzie River Mackenzie Valley region Manitoba meters mineral musk-oxen Nahanni North America northern northernmost Northwest Passage Northwest Territories numbers NWT's percent permafrost polar bears Pond Inlet population Pre-Dorset Prince Rupert's Land Rankin Inlet Rupert's Land Slave Lake snowmobile square kilometers square miles Strait summer temperatures average Thule Today town trade traditional tree line tundra walruses Western Arctic whales Wood Buffalo Yellowknife Yukon Territory zone