The Keewatin Region was a district of the Northwest Territories, in use as an administrative and statistical division until the creation of

Nunavut Nunavut is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' and the Nunavut Land Claims Agr ...

in 1999. The majority of Keewatin Region fell on the Nunavut side of the boundary and was reconstituted as

Kivalliq Region The Kivalliq Region (; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ) is an Region, administrative List of regions of Nunavut, region of Nunavut, Canada. It consists of the portion of the mainland to the west of Hudson Bay together with Southampton Island ...

within the new territory, while a strip on the region's west side remaining in the NWT was transferred to Fort Smith Region. Kivalliq continues to be referred to as "''Keewatin Region, Nunavut''" in some circumstances, such as by Statistics Canada. The regional seat of the Keewatin Region was Rankin Inlet.

* Anawak, Caroline, and Meryl Cook. ''Keewatin Suicide Prevention and Intervention Study''. Rankin Inlet, N.W.T.: Kivalliq Consulting, Management and Training Services, 1986. * Tella, Subhas. ''Precambrian Geology of Parts of Tavani, Marble Island, and Chesterfield Inlet Map Areas, District of Keewatin A Progress Report''. ttawa Canada: Geological Survey of Canada, 1986. {{coord, 63, N, 98, W, display=title History of the Northwest Territories Historical census divisions of Canada 1999 disestablishments in the Northwest Territories 1905 establishments in the Northwest Territories

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