December, 2004
Introduction
The Northwest Territories (NWT) of Canada lie north of the 60th parallel between the Yukon Territory and the newly founded territory of Nunavut.
Its population is 41,688 with more than half of its inhabitants under the age of 64. With the Mackenzie Mountains to the west, the barrenlands to the east, the Beaufort Sea to the north, and the borders of three Canadian provinces to the south, the Northwest Territories is truly a large, majestic land. The seasons are spectacular in this part of the world. Time is upended in summer, when the days are the longest in the year with the light lingering all night. In the mellow gold and rose of these long twilights, the land takes on an otherworldly dimension. Next: Background
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