Capital Of Northwest Territories Canada
Yellowknife is also the only city in the northwest territories.
Capital of northwest territories canada. Yellowknife is the capital of northwest territories and the largest community in the territory. There were also many nations when the europeans first arrived among them the yellowknives chipewyan. Les territoires du nord ouest. Winnipeg in the canadian provinces of manitoba fredericton in the province of new brunswick whose largest city is saint john.
Before the creation in 1999 of nunavut out of the eastern portion of the northwest territories they constituted more than one third of the area of canada. Yellowknife became the territorial capital in 1967 following recommendations by the carrothers commission. It is on the northern shore of great slave lake about 400 km 250 mi south of the arctic circle on the west side of yellowknife bay near the outlet of the yellowknife river. John s is also the capital city of the province of newfoundland and labrador halifax is the capital city of nova scotia charlottetown is the capital city of prince edward island and regina is the capital city of saskatchewan.
Native inuit included the mackenzie copper caribou and central nations. Northwest territories region of northern and northwestern canada encompassing a vast area of forests and tundra. The northwest territories were inhabited by inuit and first nations peoples long before the europeans arrived in search of the elusive northwest passage. Sǫǫ mbak è is the capital only city and largest community in the northwest territories canada.
It began as a gold mining centre and became the territorial capital in 1967. Yellowknife is the capital. Yellowknife ˈ j ɛ l oʊ n aɪ f. The northwest territories a portion of the old north western territory entered the canadian confederation on july 15 1870.
While most of the settlements in the nwt are significantly smaller than yellowknife they are important for various reasons. Updated august 25 2018 yellowknife is the capital city of the northwest territories canada. The northwest territories abbr. The most populous of the small urban centres in the northwest territories are located in the mackenzie valley area with yellowknife the capital being the largest city.