Places in the Northwest Territories | Gallery, Videos, & Profile 🇨🇦

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

les Territoires du Nord-Ouest

Name Origin

when Rupert’s Land and the North-Western Territory were joined, they became the North-West Territories, describes their geographic location in Canada

Population

~ 45,000

Main Languages

Predominantly English (~ 78%). Dogrib or Tłı̨chǫ is the most prevalent indigenous language (~ 4%). Other official languages are: Chipewyan, Cree, French, Gwich’in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, and South Slavey. Mostly spoken by small portions of the population.

Capital & Largest City

Yellowknife

Location

Northwestern Canada, a federal territory in the general Arctic region. Mostly located on the mainland with some territory on large islands in the Arctic Archipelago. Has coastline on the Arctic Ocean.

Biogeography

Nearctic Realm

Parts of Canada’s taiga (mostly plains and shield forests), Taiga Cordillera mountains, and Arctic tundra. Major lakes include Great Slave Lake (deepest in North America) and Great Bear Lake (largest lake fully within Canada).

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Gallery Images & Videos: Places in the Northwest Territories

northern lights (aurora borealis) in the snowy forests near Yellowknife, Canada — Yellowknife – kwan fung

Great Slave Lake shores and blue skies in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories — Jack L

Virginia Falls, Nahanni National Park Reserve, place in the Northwest Territories, Canada — Virginia Falls, Nahanni National Park Reserve – Mike Beauregard

exterior Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church, Inuvik, on a snowy day — Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church, Inuvik – dawn

Hornaday River and canyon in Tuktut Nogait National Park, place in the Northwest Territories — Tuktut Nogait National Park – Paul Gierszewski

jagged ice patterns on the frozen surface of Great Slave Lake, Northern Canada — Great Slave Lake – Phillip Grondin

a sunset / sunrise over the frozen expanse of Great Slave Lake, place in the Northwest Territories — buck82

landscape of scattered forest and plains in the taiga of Northwest Territories, Canada, Wood Buffalo National Park — Wood Buffalo National Park – Dru!

autumn colors and forests along the banks of a river in Northwest Territories, Canada, Wood Buffalo National Park — Scott Lough

taiga plains of the Northwest Territories, with flooded sections and lakes, near the Dempster Highway — Tania Liu

falls colors of grasses and lichens on the rolling hills of Northwestern Canada near the Dempster Highway — near the Dempster Highway – Tania Liu

bison walking near the water and a forest in Fort Providence, town in the Northwest Territories — Scott Lough

town of Fort Providence covered in snow with a church on the side, place in Northwestern Territories, Canada — Fort Providence – Leslie Philipp

tepees on the snow-covered shores of Great Bear Lake, northwestern Canada — Great Bear Lake – Sahtu Wildlife

rushing waterfall at Twin Gorges Territorial Park, Hay River, a place in the Northwest Territories — Twin Gorges Territorial Park, Hay River – Mike Tidd

an iceberg with ship remains ahead of it in the Northwest Passage of Arctic Canada — Northwest Passage – Roderick Eime

icebreaker ships sailing through the icy waters of the Northwest Passage, a section of the Northwest Territories, Canada — Coast Guard News

a colorful purple and pink sunset over the Mackenzie River near Fort Simpson in the Northwest Territories — Mackenzie River – Fort Simpson Chamber of C

Church of Our Lady of Good Hope - interior, a place in Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories of Canada — Church of Our Lady of Good Hope, Fort Good Hope – mattcatpurple

4 thoughts on “Places in the Northwest Territories | Gallery, Videos, & Profile 🇨🇦”

I can’t wait to go to Wood Buffalo National Park someday. Apparently, it’s also an incredible thing to go to Yellowknife when the summer solstice happens. I hope to do that next summer. Probably true for the winter solstice too

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CultSurf on September 21, 2021 at 12:27 pm said:

That would be a great road trip. I read they have really interesting festivals and celebrations centered on the First Nations heritage in Yellowknife. Plus the nature up there looks ridiculously gorgeous

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- winteroseca on September 21, 2021 at 12:28 pm said:
  
  I would love to see those festivals too!
  
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