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Home › Culture › Travel › Canada › Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories





Aulavik

  • Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nt/aulavik/index_e.asp
  • Location: On the Arctic lowlands on the north end of Banks Island
  • Area: 12,000+ km2 (4,633+ mi2)
  • Proclaimed: 1992
  • Historical:
  • Features:
    1. Highest density of muskoxen in the world

Nahanni Reserve

  • Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nt/nahanni/index_e.asp
  • Location: In the South Mountains in the south-western corner of the Northwest Territories
  • Area: 300 km2 (116 mi2)
  • Proclaimed: 1972
  • Historical:
    1. UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978
    2. The South Nahanni River a Canadian Heritage River in 1987
  • Features:
    1. Canyons and falls of the South Nahanni River

Tuktut Nogait

  • Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nt/tuktutnogait/visit/index_e.asp
  • Location: In the northeast corner of mainland Northwest Territories, 430 km (267 mi) east of the town of Inuvik and 170 km (106 mi) north of the Arctic Circle.
  • Area: 16,340 km2 (6,309 mi2)
  • Proclaimed: 1998
  • Historical:
  • Features:
    1. 360 archaeological sites
    2. Caribou calving grounds

Wood Buffalo

  • Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nt/woodbuffalo/index_E.asp
  • Location: Straddles the border between Alberta and Northwest Territories
  • Area: 44,807 km2 (17,300 mi2)
  • Proclaimed: 1922
  • Historical:
    1. UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Features:
    1. Last remaining herds of wood bison in northern Canada




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