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The French controlled much of what is now Canada in the early 1700s. As a result, their traders had a large fur trading network. After the conquest of New France by the British in 1763, French traders founded the North West Company and continued expanding their fur trade into the Canadian interior.
Putnam and Cutler insisted the Northwest Territory be a free territory, with no slavery. The Northwest Territory doubled the size of the United States, and establishing it as free of slavery proved to be of tremendous importance in the following decades. It encompassed what became Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota.
The Northwest Territories [b] is a federal territory of Canada.At a land area of approximately 1,127,711.92 km 2 (435,412.01 sq mi) and a 2021 census population of 41,070, it is the second-largest and the most populous of the three territories in Northern Canada. [3]
The hyphen was later dropped after the passing of the Northwest Territories Act in 1906. [1] The territory reached its largest size in 1880, after the British Arctic Territories were transferred from the United Kingdom to Canada, and incorporated into the North-West Territories. However, the size of the territory was reduced several times ...
Of the six communities in the ISR all are located in the Northwest Territories [12] and, along with Fort McPherson and Tsiigehtchic, form the Inuvik Region. [ 13 ] Inuvik , located on the East Channel of the Mackenzie Delta, approximately 100 km (62 mi) from the Arctic Ocean , is the region's administrative centre, home to the Inuvialuit ...
Acho Dene Koe Territory Dehcho Region Acho Dene Koe First Nation: An agreement-in-principle was signed 5 February 2014. Self-government discussions are in early stages. Land claimed includes land in the NWT, Yukon, and British Columbia. The NWT portion is in the southwest of the province, surrounding the hamlet of Fort Liard. Akaitcho Territory
The Northwest Territories marked a new era when the legislative council moved into a newly constructed legislature building on November 17, 1993. The new legislature was the first building built specifically for the Northwest Territories government since the government sat in Regina 88 years earlier.
Establishments in the Northwest Territory by year (15 C) N. Northwest Indian War (5 C, 32 P) P. People from the Northwest Territory (2 C, 11 P) V. Vincennes, Indiana ...