Where are the Northwest Territories a Territory of?
Canada
Why did the British government adopt it's name?
To indicate its location
in relation to what?
Rupert's Land
What was it's estamated population in 2016?
44,291
What is the French translation of The Northwest Territories?
les Territoires du Nord-Ouest
When did it enter the Canadian Confederation?
July 15, 1870
and when were today's borders formed?
April 1, 1999
What is the capital of the territory?
Yellowknife
When did Yellowknife become the capital?
1967
What does the northern most regions of the Northwest Territories form part of?
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
What other Canadian territory boarders the Northwest Territory to it's west?
Yukon