Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories (NWT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, TNO) is a federal territory of Canada. Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south. It has a land area of 1,140,835 km (440,000 sq mi) and a population of 41,464 as of the 2006 census, an increase of 11.0% from 2001. In 1967, as a result of recommendations by the Carrothers Commission, Yellowknife became the capital. Geographical features include Great Bear Lake, the largest lake entirely within Canada, and Great Slave Lake, the deepest body of water in Canada at 614 metres, as well as the...