The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately 1,144,000 km2 (442,000 sq mi) and a 2016 census population of 41,790,it is the second-largest and the most populous of the three territories in Northern Canada. Its estimated population as of 2023 is 45,668. Yellowknife is the capital,most populous community,and only city in the territory;its population was 19,569 as of the 2016 census. It became the territorial capital in 1967,following recommendations by the Carrothers Commission.
Kitikmeot Region is an administrative region of Nunavut,Canada. It consists of the southern and eastern parts of Victoria Island with the adjacent part of the mainland as far as the Boothia Peninsula,together with King William Island and the southern portion of Prince of Wales Island. The regional centre is Cambridge Bay.
Cambridge Bay is a hamlet located on Victoria Island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut,Canada. It is the largest settlement on Victoria Island. Cambridge Bay is named for Prince Adolphus,Duke of Cambridge,while the traditional Inuinnaqtun name for the area is Ikaluktutiak or Iqaluktuuttiaq meaning "good fishing place".
The Coppermine River is a river in the North Slave and Kitikmeot regions of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada. It is 845 kilometres (525 mi) long. It rises in Lac de Gras,a small lake near Great Slave Lake,and flows generally north to Coronation Gulf,an arm of the Arctic Ocean. The river freezes in winter but may still flow under the ice.
Kugluktuk,formerly known as Coppermine until 1 January 1996,is a hamlet located at the mouth of the Coppermine River in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut,Canada,on Coronation Gulf,southwest of Victoria Island. It is the westernmost community in Nunavut,near the border with the Northwest Territories.
Kugluktuk is the most western territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut,Canada.
Joe Allen Evyagotailak was born 15 July 1953 in Kugluktuk,Nunavut,Canada. Evyagotailak was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district of Kugluktuk having won the seat in the 2004 Nunavut election.
Lena Pedersen or Lena Pederson is a politician and social worker from Nunavut,Canada. In 1959,she moved from Greenland to the Northwest Territories and lived in Coppermine (Kugluktuk),Pangnirtung and Rae (Behchoko) before moving to Cape Dorset where she participated in the artwork sales of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative.
The history of the Northwest Territories covers the period from thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization,the lands that encompass present-day Northwest Territories were inhabited for millennia by several First Nations. European explorers and fur traders began to explore the region since the late-16th century. By the 17th century,the British laid claim to both the North-Western Territory and Rupert's Land;and granted the Hudson's Bay Company a commercial fur trade monopoly over the latter region.
Nunavut is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1,1999,via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act,which provided this territory to the Inuit for independent government. The boundaries had been drawn in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada's political map in half a century since the province of Newfoundland was admitted in 1949.
Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park is located about 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest of Kugluktuk,Nunavut,Canada. The 10 ha park is situated around the Bloody Falls on the Coppermine River and was listed as a national historic site in 1978.
Arctic Co-operatives Limited is a cooperative federation owned and controlled by 32 community-based cooperative business enterprises located in Nunavut,Northwest Territories,Yukon and northern Manitoba,Canada. Arctic Co-ops coordinates resources,consolidates the purchasing power and provides operational and technical support to the community-based co-operatives to enable them to provide a wide range of services to their local member-owners. Arctic Co-ops operates in both English and Inuktitut and provides patronage dividends to the local members.
Donald Havioyak is a territorial-level politician in Canada. He served as a member of the Nunavut Legislature.
Pederson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Peder".
Stephen Angulalik was an internationally known Ahiarmiut Inuit from northern Canada notable as a Kitikmeot fur trader and trading post operator at Kuugjuaq,Northwest Territories. His stories and photos were carried by journals and periodicals worldwide.
Peter Taptuna is a Canadian politician who served as the third premier of Nunavut from 2013 to 2017.
The Asiak River is a waterway in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut in Canada. It flows generally north to Coronation Gulf,an arm of the Arctic Ocean. It runs parallel to the Coppermine River,29 kilometres (18 mi) to the west.
The Central Arctic was an electoral district of the Northwest Territories,Canada,created in 1966 and abolished in 1983. The district consisted of Pelly Bay,Spence Bay,Gjoa Haven,Cambridge Bay,Bathurst Inlet,Bay Chimo,Coppermine and Holman. For the 1983 election,Holman was moved to the Nunakput district and the others split between Kitikmeot West and Kitikmeot East. Today Holman,now Ulukhaktok,is the only one of the communities in the Northwest Territories as after division the others became part of Nunavut.
Calvin Avigak Pedersen is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in July 2020. Representing the electoral district of Kugluktuk,he was directly acclaimed to office as the only candidate to register by the nomination deadline following the resignation of his predecessor Mila Adjukak Kamingoak.
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