| Awards I won Aboriginal People Canada Page (Main) Provinces ... View Guest Book From the 60th parallel, the N.W.T. stretches 3560 km to the North Pole, and 4256 km from east to west, covering 3 426 320 km², and including the islands in Hudson, James and Ungava bays. At some time or other in its history, the Northwest Territories have included all of Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Yukon, and most of Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. Today, the N.W.T. remains the largest political subdivision in Canada, with 34.1 percent of the total area of the country. The N.W.T. is divided into three districts: Keewatin, Mackenzie and Franklin. One of the most remarkable features of the N.W.T. is the Mackenzie River, one of the world's longest at 4241 km. Like the Yukon, the N.W.T. can be divided into two broad geographical regions: the taiga, a boreal forest belt that circles the subarctic zone, and the tundra, a rocky arctic region where the cold climate has stunted vegetation. exploration history for more information.) The N.W.T. government to a large extent has the same responsibilities as provincial governments: taxation, municipal bodies, education, wildlife, health and hospital services, forest management, housing, social services and economic development. It is the only jurisdiction in Canada that does not operate on a political party structure, and is the only Legislative Assembly that follows a system of consensus government. This means that each member is free to vote as he/she wishes on any issue and approval of each issue requires agreement by a majority of members.It lacks jurisdiction over land and resource administration, including control over the pace and scale of resource development, and subsurface and water rights. A 1988 agreement to negotiate a northern energy accord, however, will lead to territorial management and control of onshore oil and gas and shared responsibility with the federal government for offshore renewable resources. | |
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