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Definition of Northwest territories

1. Noun. A large territory in northwestern Canada; part is now Nunavut.

Definition of Northwest territories

1. Proper noun. Territory in northern Canada which has Yellowknife as its capital. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Northwest territories

1. A federally administered division of canada, consisting of the mainland between the yukon territory in the west and hudson bay on the east, the islands in the hudson, james, and ungava bays, and all islands north of the mainland. Its capital is yellowknife. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Northwest Territories

Literary usage of Northwest territories

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Conservation of the Wild Life of Canada by C. Gordon Hewitt (1921)
"Prior to the enactment of this legislation the fur resources of the Northwest Territories were open to the unrestricted exploitation of all comers, ..."

2. The Canadian Parliamentary Guide by Pierre G. Normandin (1908)
"According to the northwest territories Act of 1905, which is chapter 62 of the Revised Statutes of 1906, as amended in 1907, the Governor General appoints ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The term 'northwest territories' probably referred originally to the region ... An act of 1869 provided that Rupert's Land and the northwest territories be ..."

4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"At the time of the surrender to the crown there were 20 districts within the present limits of the northwest territories and Manitoba, viz. ..."

5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"In 1878 the half-breeds of the northwest territories asked for a distribution of scrip and lands among themselves similar to that already made among the ..."

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