northwest territories

cold area way up north in canada, most people forget it exists. most famous for its diamond mines and all those hick truck drivers who they made a show about on the discovery channel.

northwest territories, huh?

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Northwest Territories

1. n. Northern territory above Alberta and Saskatchewan, west of Nunavut, east of Yukon Territory. Capital is Yellowknife, Total population is about 30,000. Best known for black flies in the summer, a frozen ice road in the winter, and diamond mines. Mostly Innuit (native northerners) in population. Don't call them eskimos, or they'll encase your balls in ice and feed them to the polar bears. English is a second language up there, as most speak various dialects of Inuktuk. DON'T ask them to throat sing.

I froze my ass off in the winter in the Northwest Territories, then the black flies ate me alive in the summer, which lasted all of 3 weeks.

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Northwest Territories Canada

Northwest Territories Canada - a federal territory of Canada
is bordered by the territories of Nunavut to the east & Yukon to the west, & by the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, & Saskatchewan to the south; it also touches Manitoba to the southeast at a quadripoint that includes Nunavut & Saskatchewan. It's Capital
(& largest city) is Yellowknife canada .

Popular food here

Traditional foods such as bannock, freshly caught fish, bison, musk Ox are widely eaten in Northwest Territories restaurants & homes.

There is also a northwest territory in Australia

Not to be confused with the Canadian counter part

As canada has providnces while Australia has states .

The Northwest Territories is the only jurisdiction in North America to issue a non rectangular standard license plate. Instead, the territory issues a polar bear shaped license plate.

Over 90% of the polar bears in Canada occur in 2 of Canada's northernmost territories: Nunavut & the Northwest Territories.

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Northwest Territories Canada

The Northwest Territories, a portion of the old North-Western Territory, entered the Canadian Confederation on July 15, 1870. Since then, the territory has been divided four times to create new provinces and territories or enlarge existing ones. Its current borders date from April 1, 1999.
There has been racial tension based on a history of violent conflict between the Dene and the Inuit people

See The Bloody Falls massacre ,Canada on 17 July 1771.