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The Frigid Northwest Territories

By: Brittany Devlin & Tierney Smith 

Major Cities


 * Inuvik-built in 1950s.
 * YellowKnife-largest city in NorthWest Territories.

Bodies of Water


 *  Great Bear Lake-largest lake in Canada.
 * Great Slave Lake-deepest lake in North America.
 * Mackenzie River-longest river in the Northwest Territories.

Fun Facts
 * Northwest Territories nickname is the "Land of the Polar Bear".
 * The Northwest Territories mine diamonds. Diamond is Greek for "Unbreakable".
 * The Northwest Territories' national tree is the jack pine.
 * The Northwest Terrritories' marine mammal is the narwal. The male can weigh up to 3,500lbs. The female 2,200lbs.

Economy
 * <span style="color: #9149f3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">The Northwest Territories mines gold, silver, diamond, uranium, copper, radium, lead, zinc, and tungsten.
 * <span style="color: #9149f3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">Oil drilling brings up about 30000 barrels daily from 50 wells.
 * <span style="color: #9149f3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">George L. Tuccaro is the current governor of the Northwest Territories.

<span style="color: #ff7b00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">Climate


 * <span style="color: #ff7b00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">Subarctic islands and coasts.[[image:jsyret/Tierney1.jpg width="191" height="231" align="right" caption="The Un-Named peak is the tallest summit of the territories"]]
 * <span style="color: #ff7b00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">Summers short and cool.
 * <span style="color: #ff7b00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">Winters long and harsh.

<span style="color: #13957d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">Major Land Forms


 * <span style="color: #13957d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">Black river volcano complex-a large inactive volcano thought to be active 2 1/2 billion years ago.
 * <span style="color: #13957d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">Mackenzie Mountains-a range off the northern Rockies.
 * <span style="color: #13957d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">Un-named peak- tallest mountain in the Northwest Territories.

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<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">Sources: Wikipedia, "Discover Canada" Northwest Territories, World Book online.