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Wrigley, Northwest Territories
Wrigley (Slavey language, South Slavey language: ''Pehdzeh Ki'' "clay place") is a "Designated Authority" in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The Slavey Dene community is located on the east bank of the Mackenzie River, just below its confluence with the Wrigley River and about northwest of Yellowknife. Originally situated at Fort Wrigley, downstream, the community relocated to its present location in 1965, in part because it was more easily accessible due to the World War II era Wrigley Airport built for the Canol Road, Canol Project and also due to the swampy nature of the land around Fort Wrigley. Today the community can be reached via the Mackenzie Highway. The population continues to maintain a traditional lifestyle, trapping, hunting, and fishing. The community was named for Joseph Wrigley who was the Hudson's Bay Company Chief Commissioner for British North America (1884–1891). The Franklin Mountains (Northwest Territories), Franklin Mountains, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pehdzeh Ki First Nation
The Pehdzeh Ki First Nation is a member of the Dehcho First Nations in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Legally, it is a band administered under the Indian Act. The Pehdzeh Ki First Nation is located in Wrigley, Northwest Territories, Wrigley. Wrigley is located along the Mackenzie River, and the Mackenzie Highway ends at Wrigley. Pehdzeh Ki First Nation has over 300 band members but less than half live in the community. Wrigley is home to a community nursing station, a confectionery store, Chief Julien Yendo School (Grades K-8), a gas station, and a few businesses, including: *Ma-Dza-She-Deh Venture; contracting services, bobcat, truck, trailer, etc. *M&M Tours; Jet boat tours & Charters *Mackenzie Mountain Tours; Tourism & Hospitality *Raymonds River Taxi; Boat charters *Charlottes Corner Store *Beaver Adventures *Pehdzeh Ki Contractors The youth in Wrigley are avid drummers and handgame players. They practice at least twice a week amongst themselves. Leadership Timeline In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellowknife
Yellowknife is the capital, largest community, and the only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River. Yellowknife and its surrounding water bodies were named after a local Dene tribe, who were known as the "Copper Indians" or "Yellowknife Indians", today incorporated as the Yellowknives Dene First Nation. They traded tools made from copper deposits near the Arctic Coast. Modern Yellowknives members can be found in city and in the adjoining, primarily Indigenous communities of Ndilǫ and Dettah. The city's population was 20,340 per the 2021 Canadian census. Of the eleven official languages of the Northwest Territories, five are spoken in significant numbers in Yellowknife: Chipewyan language, Dene Suline, Dogrib language, Dogrib, Slavey language, South and North Slavey, English, and French. In the Dogrib language, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Canadian Census
The 1996 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 14, 1996. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 28,846,761. This was a 5.7% increase over the 1991 census of 27,296,859. The previous census was the 1991 census and the following census was in 2001 census. Canada by the numbers A summary of information about Canada. Population by province Demographics Mother tongue Population by mother tongue of Canada's official languages: Aboriginal peoples Population of Aboriginal peoples in Canada: Ethnic origin Population by ethnic origin. Only those origins with more than 250,000 respondents are included here. This is based entirely on self reporting. Visible minorities Age Population by age: See also * List of population of Canada by years * Demographics of Canada *Ethnic groups in Canada * History of immigration to Canada *Population an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Canadian Census
The 1991 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadians, Canadian population. Census day was June 4, 1991. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 27,296,859. This was a 7.9% increase over the 1986 census of 25,309,331. The previous census was the 1986 Canadian census, 1986 census and the following census was in 1996 Canadian census, 1996 census. Canada by the numbers A summary of information about Canada. Population by province See also *Population and housing censuses by country References {{Authority control Censuses in Canada 1991 censuses, Canadian 1991 in Canada, Census June 1991 in Canada, Census ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbitkettle Hot Springs
Rabbitkettle Hot Springs is a naturally occurring hot spring located in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The springs are found in the Nahanni National Park Reserve, along the South Nahanni River. Rabbitkettle Hot Springs are situated on a limestone plateau and comprise two large travertine mounds. At high and in diameter, the free-standing North Mound is the largest travertine mound in Canada. The South Mound has grown into a nearby hillside and is not as tall. They are the only tufa mounds in the world known to be located on permafrost. The mounds are multi-coloured and tiered. The name Rabbitkettle comes from the Dene word ''gahnhthah'', meaning "kettle". The translation was adopted by English-speaking locals as "Rabbitkettle", from the peculiar shapes of the basins in the area. The springs were considered a sacred place to the Dene, who left offerings such as tobacco to ensure good fortune. Formation The water in the springs originates from a fault in the limestone p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Mountains (Northwest Territories)
The Franklin Mountains () of the Northwest Territories are a range of low peaks that stretch along the east bank of the Mackenzie River The Mackenzie River (French: ; Slavey language, Slavey: ' èh tʃʰò literally ''big river''; Inuvialuktun: ' uːkpɑk literally ''great river'') is a river in the Canadian Canadian boreal forest, boreal forest and tundra. It forms, ... from 64 to 66 degrees of latitude. References Mountain ranges of the Northwest Territories {{NorthwestTerritories-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), originally the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading Into Hudson’s Bay, is a Canadian holding company of department stores, and the oldest corporation in North America. It was the owner of the namesake Hudson's Bay (department store), Hudson's Bay department stores (colloquially The Bay), and also owns or manages approximately of gross leasable real estate through its HBC Properties and Investments business unit. HBC previously owned the full-line Saks Fifth Avenue and off-price Saks Off 5th in the United States, which were spun-off into the Saks Global holding company in 2024. After incorporation by royal charter issued in 1670 by Charles II of England, King Charles II, the company was granted a right of "sole trade and commerce" over an expansive area of land known as Rupert's Land, comprising much of the Hudson Bay drainage basin. This right gave the company a monopoly, commercial monopoly over that area. The HBC functioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mackenzie Highway
The Mackenzie Highway is a Canadian highway in northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories. It begins as Alberta Highway 2 at ''Mile Zero'' in Grimshaw, Alberta. After the first , it becomes Alberta Highway 35 for the balance of its length through Alberta and then becomes Northwest Territories Highway 1. Route description The Mackenzie Highway is designated as part of Canada's National Highway System, holding core route status from its terminus at Grimshaw to its intersection with the Yellowknife Highway, and northern/remote route status for the remainder of the route to its northern terminus at Wrigley. Originally begun in 1938, prior to World War II, the project was abandoned at the outbreak of war. It resumed in the late 1940s and completed to Hay River, Northwest Territories, in 1948/1949, but some sections, particularly in the vicinity of Steen River, remained difficult. In 1960, it was extended from Enterprise, approximately south of Hay River, to the north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canol Road
The Canol Road was part of the Canol Project and was built to construct a pipeline from Norman Wells, Northwest Territories southwest to Whitehorse, Yukon, during World War II. The pipeline no longer exists, but the long Yukon portion of the road is maintained by the Yukon Government during summer months. The portion of the road that still exists in the NWT is called the Canol Heritage Trail. Both road and trail are incorporated into the Trans-Canada Trail. The Canol Road starts at Johnson's Crossing on the Alaska Highway near the Teslin River bridge, east of Whitehorse, Yukon, and runs to the Northwest Territories border. The highway joins the Robert Campbell Highway near Ross River, Yukon, where there is a cable ferry across the Pelly River, and an old footbridge, still in use, that once supported the pipeline. Wartime History Construction and development of the Alaska Highway and airfields along the Northwest Staging Route and provision of military bases in Alask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrigley Airport
Wrigley Airport is located near Wrigley, Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal Provinces and territories of Canada, territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately and a 2021 census population of 41,070, it is the second-largest and the most populous of Provinces and territorie ..., Canada. References External links Registered aerodromes in the Dehcho Region {{NorthwestTerritories-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrigley River
Wrigley may refer to: Companies * Wrigley Company, a chewing gum manufacturer * EG Wrigley and Company, a British manufacturer of cars, car components and mechanical parts People * Wrigley (surname), a list of people with the name Places United States * Wrigley, Long Beach, California, a group of neighborhoods * Wrigley, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Wrigley, Tennessee, a census-designated place and unincorporated community Elsewhere * Wrigley, Northwest Territories, Canada, a community ** Wrigley Airport * Wrigley Brook, a culverted watercourse in Greater Manchester, England * Wrigley Airfield, an American World War II airfield on Eniwetok Atoll * Wrigley Bluffs, Queen Elizabeth Land, Antarctica * Wrigley Gulf, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica Sports * Wrigley Field, a Major League Baseball ballpark in Chicago * Wrigley Field (Los Angeles), a ballpark * Wrigley National Midget Tournament, a former Canadian ice hockey tournament (1973–1978) ** Wrigley Cup, former nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mackenzie River
The Mackenzie River (French: ; Slavey language, Slavey: ' [tèh tʃʰò], literally ''big river''; Inuvialuktun: ' [kuːkpɑk], literally ''great river'') is a river in the Canadian Canadian boreal forest, boreal forest and tundra. It forms, along with the Slave River, Slave, Peace River, Peace, and Finlay River, Finlay, the longest river system in Canada, and includes the second largest drainage basin of any North American river after the Mississippi River, Mississippi. The Mackenzie River flows through a vast, thinly populated region of forest and tundra entirely within the Northwest Territories in Canada, although its many tributaries reach into five other Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian provinces and territories. The river's mainstem (hydrology), main stem is long, flowing north-northwest from Great Slave Lake into the Arctic Ocean, where it forms a large River delta, delta at its mouth. Its extensive watershed drains about 20 percent of Canada. It is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
