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Trivia EH? Northwest Territories

October 23, 2009 By Pat Williams

  • AREA: 1,171,918 -sq. km./ 780,500 sq mi, 12% of the total area of Canada
  • Water:
    Great Bear Lake is 31,328 sq km, 8th largest in the world

    Great Slave Lake, 28,568 sq km, 10th largest in the world

    Mackenzie River, 4,241 km, longest in Canada

  • POP: 42,000
  • Official Languages: Chipewyan, Cree, Dogrib, Gwich’in, Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun and Inuinnaqtun), North and South Slavey, French, English
  • Capital: Yellowknife
  • Average Temperatures:
    Yellowknife Summer: 16.5C, 61.7F

    Winter: -27.9C, -18.2F

  • Important Industries: Mining: diamonds, oil & gas
  • Terratorial Bird: Gyrfalcon
  • Terratorial Fish: Arctic Grayling
  • Official Gem: Diamond
  • Official Mineral: Gold
  • Terratorial Flower: Mountain Avens
  • Terratorial Tree: Tamarack

Filed Under: Northwest Territories, Trivia Eh? Tagged With: Northwest Territories, northwest territories facts, northwest territories trivia

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