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Northwest Territories
–noun
| a territory of Canada lying N of 60 degrees N and extending E from the Yukon Territory to Nunavut. 43,000; 519,732 sq. mi. (1,346,106 sq. km) Capital: Yellowknife. |
Also called Old Northwest.
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| Northwest Territories Abbr. NT or NWT or N.W.T.
A territory of northern Canada between Yukon Territory and Nunavut and including part of Victoria Island and Melville Island and other islands of the western Arctic Archipelago. Originally a much vaster territory encompassing most of central and northern Canada, Northwest Territories was formed in 1870 from the Hudson's Bay Company's holdings, which had been sold to Canada in 1869-1870. Alberta and Saskatchewan were carved out of the territory in 1905, and in 1999 it was divided again, with the eastern portion becoming the new territory of Nunavut. Yellowknife is the capital and the largest city. Population: 41,900. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| northwest territories | |
noun | |
| a large territory in northwestern Canada; part is now Nunavut |
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
Territory in northern Canada made up of several administrative districts, which include all the areas to the north of sixty degrees latitude between Hudson Bay and the Yukon and all the islands in Hudson Bay. Very sparsely populated, these territories make up more than one-third of Canada's total area.
Note: In 1998, Canada carved a homeland for the Inuit people, known as Nunavut (“Our Land”), from the Northwest Territories.
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