Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a vast wilderness area that is a part of Northern Canada. Summer in the NWT offers open water, camping, hot weather and the midnight sun.Tap on the map to travel |
Photo: Gierszep, Public domain.
Popular Destinations
Yellowknife
Photo: Sharingknowledge, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yellowknife is the capital city of the Northwest Territories, on the North Arm of Great Slave Lake, on Yellowknife Bay.
Nahanni National Park Reserve
Nahanni National Park Reserve is a national park reserve in the Northwest Territories of Canada.Inuvik
Photo: Martin Male, CC BY 2.0.
Inuvik is a town in Canada's Northwest Territories at the inland end of the Mackenzie Delta and the northern end of the Dempster Highway, almost 200 km north of the Arctic Circle.
Destinations
Aulavik National Park
Aulavik National Park; from the Inuvialuktun for "place where people travel") is a national park located on Banks Island in the Northwest Territories of Canada.Tuktoyaktuk
Tuktoyaktuk, commonly known simply as Tuk, is an Inuvialuit village of 900 people on the Arctic Ocean in the extreme north of Canada's Northwest Territories.Hay River
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The town of Hay River is a town of 3,500 people in Northwest Territories in northern Canada.
Tuktut Nogait National Park
Tuktut Nogait National Park is a national park in the Northwest Territories of Canada.Fort Smith
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Fort Smith is a town of 2,500 people on the Slave River in the Northwest Territories near the Alberta border.
Naats'ihch'oh National Park Reserve
Photo: Gierszep, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve is a national park reserve in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
Délı̨nę
Photo: mattcatpurple, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Charter Community of Délı̨nę is at the western shore of Great Bear Lake, 544 km northwest of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories.
Enterprise
Photo: Maciej, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Enterprise is a hamlet of 125 people in Northwest Territories in northern Canada.
Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve
Photo: Gierszep, Public domain.
Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve is a national park reserve in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Northwest Territories
- Type: territory of Canada with 31,200 residents
- Description: territory of Canada
- Neighbors: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Minnesota, Montana, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Dakota, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon
- Location: Northern Canada, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
69.5006° or 69° 30' 2" northLongitude of centre
-121.5045° or 121° 30' 16" westPopulation
31,200Elevation
461 metres (1,512 feet)Abbreviation
NTAbbreviation
NWTGeoNames ID
6091069Wikidata ID
Q2007Northwest Territories Satellite Map
© OpenStreetMap, Mapbox and Maxar
Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Noordwestelike Gebiede
- Afrikaans: Noordwestelike gebiede
- Albanian: Territoret Veri-Perëndimore
- Amharic: ስሜን-ምዕራብ ግዛቶች
- Arabic: Mga Teritoryo ha Kanawayan
- Arabic: الأقاليم الشمالية الغربية
- Armenian: Հյուսիսարևմտյան տարածքներ
- Asturian: Territorios del Noroeste
- Azerbaijani: Şimal-Qərb Əraziləri
- Azerbaijani: Şimal-Qərb əraziləri
- Balinese: Wawengkon Kalér Kauh
- Bashkir: Төньяҡ-Көнбайыш Биләмәләре
- Bashkir: Төньяҡ-Көнбайыш Территориялары
- Basque: Ipar-mendebaldeko Lurraldeak
- Belarusian: Паўночна-Заходнія тэрыторыі
- Bengali: উত্তরপশ্চিম অধীনস্থ অঞ্চলসমূহ
- Bosnian: Sjeverozapadne teritorije
- Breton: Tiriadoù ar Gwalarn
- Bulgarian: Северозападни територии
- Catalan: Territoris del Nord-oest
- Cebuano: Northwest Territories
- Central Kurdish: ناوچەکانی باکووری خۆراوای کەنەدا
- Cherokee: ᏧᏴᏢ ᏭᏕᎵᎬ ᎦᏙᎯ ᎤᎵᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese: Sai-pak Léng-thó͘
- Chinese: 西北地区
- Chinese: 西北地區
- Cornish: Tiredhow an North-West
- Corsican: Territori di u Norduveste
- Croatian: Sjeverozapadni teritoriji
- Czech: Severozápadní teritoria
- Danish: Northwest Territories
- Dimli (individual language): Erdê Zımey Rocawani
- Dutch: NWT
- Dutch: Noordwest Territoria
- Dutch: Northwest Territories
- English: CA-NT
- English: Canada's Northland
- English: Denendeh
- English: Dënéndeh
- English: N.W.T.
- English: NT
- English: NWT
- English: North-West Territories
- Esperanto: Nordokcidentaj Teritorioj
- Estonian: Loodealad
- Faroese: Northwest Territories
- Finnish: Luoteisterritoriot
- Finnish: Northwest Territories
- French: CA-NT
- French: Denendeh
- French: Dënéndeh
- French: T.N.-O.
- French: TNO
- French: Territoires du Nord-Ouest
- Galician: Territorios do Noroeste
- Georgian: ჩრდილო-დასავლეთი ტერიტორიები
- German: Nordwest-Territorien
- Greek: Βορειοδυτικά Εδάφη
- Gujarati: નોર્થવેસ્ટ ટેરિટરીઝ
- Hebrew: הטריטוריות הצפון-מערביות
- Hindi: नॉर्थवेस्ट टेरीटरीज़
- Hungarian: Északnyugati területek
- Icelandic: Norðvesturhéruðin
- Indonesian: Wilayah Barat Laut
- Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ
- Irish: Críocha an Iarthuaiscirt
- Italian: Territori del Nord-Ovest
- Japanese: ノースウエスト準州
- Kalaallisut: Northwest Territories
- Kannada: ವಾಯುವ್ಯ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯಗಳು
- Kazakh: Солтүстік-Батыс территориялары
- Korean: 노스웨스트 준주
- Kurdish: Northwest Territories
- Ladino: Territorios del Noroeste
- Latin: Territoria Septentrio-Occidentalia
- Latin: Territoria septentrio-occidentalia
- Latvian: Ziemeļrietumu Teritorijas
- Latvian: Ziemeļrietumu teritorijas
- Ligurian: Teritöi do Nòrd-Ovest
- Literary Chinese: 西北地區
- Lithuanian: Šiaurės Vakarai
- Lithuanian: Šiaurės Vakarų teritorijos
- Luxembourgish: Nordwest-Territoiren
- Macedonian: Северозападни Територии
- Malay: Wilayah Barat Laut
- Malayalam: നോർത്ത്വെസ്റ്റ് ടെറിറ്ററീസ്
- Manx: Thallooyn yn Eear Hwoaie
- Marathi: नॉर्थवेस्ट टेरिटोरीज
- Mazanderani: شمالغرب سامون
- Min Dong Chinese: Să̤-báe̤k Liāng-tū
- Min Nan Chinese: Northwest Territories
- Min Nan Chinese: Sai-pak Léng-thó·
- Min Nan Chinese: Sai-pak Léng-thó͘
- Mingrelian: ოორუე-ბჟადალი ტერიტორიეფი
- Mongolian: Баруун Хойд Нутаг Дэвсгэр
- Northern Frisian: Nuurdwaast-Teritoorien
- Northern Frisian: Nuurdwaast Teritoorien
- Norwegian: Nordvestterritoriene
- Norwegian Bokmål: Denendeh
- Norwegian Bokmål: Nordvestterritoriene
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nordvestterritoria
- Occitan (post 1500): Territòris del Nòrd Oèst
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܐܘܚܕܢܐ ܓܪܒܝܝܐ-ܡܥܪܒܝܐ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Norþwest Landscipas
- Ossetian: Цæгат-Ныгуылæн территоритæ
- Pampanga: Northwest Territories
- Panjabi: ਉੱਤਰ-ਪੱਛਮੀ ਰਾਜਖੇਤਰ
- Persian: قلمروهای شمال غرب
- Persian: نواحی شمال غرب
- Piemontese: Teritòri dël Nòrd-Òvest
- Polish: Terytoria Północno-Zachodnie
- Portuguese: N.W.T.
- Portuguese: NT
- Portuguese: NWT
- Portuguese: Northwest Territories
- Portuguese: Territórios do Noroeste
- Romanian: Teritoriile de Nord-Vest
- Russia Buriat: Баруун Хойто нютаг дэбисхэр
- Russian: Северо-Западные территории
- Samogitian: Šiaurės vakarū terituorėjė
- Sardinian: Territòrios de su Norti-Uestu
- Scots: NT Territories
- Scots: NWT
- Scots: Northwast Territories
- Scottish Gaelic: Roinnean an Iar Thuath
- Serbian: Северозападне територије
- Serbo-Croatian: Sjeverozapadne teritorije
- Serbo-Croatian: Sjeverozapadni teritoriji
- Sinhala: උතුරු බටහිර භුමිය
- Slovak: Severozápadné teritóriá
- Slovenian: Severozahodna ozemlja
- Slovenian: Severozahodni teritoriji
- South Azerbaijani: شمالیغرب اراضیلاری
- Spanish: NT
- Spanish: NWT
- Spanish: Territorios del Noroeste
- Spanish: Territorios del Noroeste (Canadá)
- Swahili: Northwest Territories
- Swedish: Nordvästra territorierna
- Swedish: Nordvästterritorierna
- Swedish: Northwest Territories
- Tagalog: Northwest Territories
- Tamil: வடக்கு மேற்கு டெரரிடோரிஸ்
- Tamil: வடமேற்கு நிலப்பகுதிகள்
- Tatar: Төньяк-Көнбатыш территорияләр
- Telugu: నార్త్వెస్ట్ టెరిటరీస్
- Thai: นอร์ทเวสต์เทร์ริทอรีส์
- Turkish: Kuzeybatı Toprakları
- Uighur: Gherbiy Shimal Rayoni
- Ukrainian: Північно-Західні території
- Urdu: شمال مغربی ریجن جات، کینیڈا
- Urdu: شمال مغربی علاقہ جات
- Urdu: شمال مغربی علاقہ جات، کینیڈا
- Uzbek: Shimoli-Gʻarbiy hududlar
- Venetian: Northwest Territories
- Vietnamese: Các Lãnh thổ Tây Bắc
- Vlaams: Nôordwestlikke Gebiedn
- Volapük: Northwest Territories
- Võro: Põh'aõdagu alaq
- Waray (Philippines): Mga Teritoryo ha Kanawayan
- Welsh: Tiriogaethau'r Gogledd-orllewin
- Western Frisian: Noardwest Territories
- Western Frisian: Noardwestlike Territoaria
- Western Panjabi: اُتلے لہندے علاقے
- Western Panjabi: اُتلے لہندے علاقے، کینیڈا
- Wu Chinese: 西北地区 (加拿大)
- Yiddish: נארדוועסט טעריטאריעס
- Yue Chinese: 西北地區
- Erdê Zımeyê Rocawani
- 西北地区(加拿大)
Popular Destinations in Northern Canada
Escape to a Random Place
About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Northwest Territories. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.