Resources

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A report from research conducted in the T'licho region including 105 place names, showing the link between place names and their meanings.

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Reports
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Link
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Society
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Indigenous
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Place Names for The Anderson River 

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Data
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Link
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Society
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Indigenous
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Story Map created by the Geographic Names Board of Canada, commemorating their 125th anniversary, to show the importance of indigenous place names.

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Maps
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Link
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Society
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Indigenous
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An interactive online atlas that shares culture, history, traditional knowledge and land use of the Gwich'in through place names.

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Maps
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Link
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Society
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Indigenous
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Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture across Canada

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Maps
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Link
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Society
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Indigenous
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GeoViewer to look at the map to see who are the First Nations, Inuit and Metis Peoples who may live around you.

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Map Viewers
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Link
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Society
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Indigenous
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Resources on the official languages of the NWT and where they are spoken.

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Data
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Link
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Society
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Indigenous
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Official geographical names data are provided by the federal, provincial and territorial naming authorities of the Geographical Names Board of Canada GNBC). The Cultural Places Program of the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in the NWT contributes the NWT contribution.

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Data
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Link
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Society
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Indigenous
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A complete list of officially recognized NWT geographic names as compiled by the Cultural Places Program of the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. 

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Data
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Link
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Society
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Indigenous
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Interactive map showing Indigenous territories around the world

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Map Viewers
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Link
Source: 
Indigenous
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Indigenous-led capacity building. Providing Indigenous Peoples, Nations, and organizations with the tools and training to map their lands, share their stories, and decolonize place and space. 
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Training
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Link
Source: 
Indigenous
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Environmental Liabilities Dashboard is an interactive online mapping tool that the public can use to scroll into communities and see the types of sites that are under the responsibility of the GNWT.

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Map Viewers
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Link
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GNWT

Escape Room (zip/26.01 KB)

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Escape Room GIS Week Event Game shape file for Final Destination tracks.

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Data
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File
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General

Escape Room (zip/26.01 KB)

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GNWT
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A new StoryMap* that will help people visualize NWT’s changing permafrost landscape. The StoryMap was produced through collaboration between the Northwest Territories Geological Survey (NTGS) and Carleton University Northern Studies MSc student Sarah Simpkin.

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Map Viewers
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Link
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Environment
Source: 
GNWT
Description: 

The Species and Habitat Map Viewer allows users to browse current map information maintained by the GNWT Wildlife Division and Centre for Geomatics. This support document provides an introduction to the components of the Map Viewer and how to use them

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Map Viewers
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Link
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Biota
Source: 
GNWT
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The dataset is a compilation of the boundaries of the 19 NWT Electoral Districts based upon the 2012 Electoral Boundary Commission and the legal descriptions found in Bill 18 of Fifth Session, Seventeenth Legislative Assembly plus any Polling Divisions within each Electoral District as determined by Elections NWT. 

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Data
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File
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Boundaries
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GNWT
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Annually produced map of the Northwest Territories showing percentage of Crown Lands that have been set aside for, or are being considered for, conservation or otherwise closed to resource development.

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Maps
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File
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Environment
Source: 
GNWT
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Mobile Core Bathurst Caribou Management Zone Map with Instructions - French

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Maps
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File
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Biota
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GNWT

Fire History (zip/252.71 MB)

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Data
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File
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Biota

Fire History (zip/252.71 MB)

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GNWT
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Documents
Type of resource: 
File
Source: 
GNWT

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