List of National Historic Sites of Canada in the Northwest Territories
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This is a list of National Historic Sites of Canada in the territory
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

 of Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

. There are 12 National Historic Sites designated in Northwest Territories, of which one (Sahoyúé-§ehdacho) is administered by Parks Canada
Parks Canada
Parks Canada , also known as the Parks Canada Agency , is an agency of the Government of Canada mandated to protect and present nationally significant natural and cultural heritage, and foster public understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative...

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This list uses the designation names as recognized by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, not necessarily the official or colloquial names of the sites.

National Historic Sites

  • Church of Our Lady of Good Hope
    Church of Our Lady of Good Hope
    The Church of Our Lady of Good Hope is an historic Carpenter Gothic-style Roman Catholic church building located on a bluff overlooking the Mackenzie River in Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, Canada. Only 45 feet by 25 feet in size, it was built between 1865 and 1885 as a mission of the...

     – Early northern Oblate
    Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
    The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate is a missionary religious congregation in the Catholic Church. It was founded on January 25, 1816 by Saint Eugene de Mazenod, a French priest born in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France on August 1, 1782. The congregation was given recognition by Pope...

     mission church, outstanding interior decoration, 1865–85
  • Déline Fishery / Franklin's Fort – Wintering quarters of Sir John Franklin
    John Franklin
    Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic...

     and his second expedition
  • Ehdaa – Traditional gathering site for the Dene
    Dene
    The Dene are an aboriginal group of First Nations who live in the northern boreal and Arctic regions of Canada. The Dené speak Northern Athabaskan languages. Dene is the common Athabaskan word for "people" . The term "Dene" has two usages...

  • Fort McPherson
    Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories
    Fort McPherson is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located on the east bank of the Peel River and is south of Inuvik on the Dempster Highway....

     – Hudson's Bay Company
    Hudson's Bay Company
    The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...

     post, 1840
  • Fort Reliance
    Fort Reliance, Northwest Territories
    Fort Reliance is located on the east arm of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. It was originally built in 1833 by George Back during the Arctic Land Expedition to the Arctic Ocean via the Back River...

     – Oldest continuously operating Hudson's Bay Company post, 1833
  • Fort Resolution
    Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories
    Fort Resolution is a "settlement corporation" in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada...

     – Main post on Great Slave Lake
    Great Slave Lake
    Great Slave Lake is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada , the deepest lake in North America at , and the ninth-largest lake in the world. It is long and wide. It covers an area of in the southern part of the territory. Its given volume ranges from to and up to ...

    , 1821; North West Company
    North West Company
    The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what was to become Western Canada...

  • Fort Simpson – North West Company (1804) and Hudson's Bay Company (1822) posts
  • Hay River Mission Sites – Mission buildings, significant to Dene community
  • Kittigazuit Archaeological Sites – Beluga hunting, Kittegaryumiut and Mackenzie Delta
    Mackenzie River
    The Mackenzie River is the largest river system in Canada. It flows through a vast, isolated region of forest and tundra entirely within the country's Northwest Territories, although its many tributaries reach into four other Canadian provinces and territories...

  • Nagwichoonjik (Mackenzie River) – Flows through Gwichya Gwich'in traditional homeland and continues to be culturally, socially and spiritually significant
  • Parry's Rock Wintering Site – Wintering site of William Edward Parry
    William Edward Parry
    Sir William Edward Parry was an English rear-admiral and Arctic explorer, who in 1827 attempted one of the earliest expeditions to the North Pole...

    's expedition of the Northwest Passage, 1819
  • Sahoyúé-§ehdacho – Expression of cultural values through the interrelationship between landscape, oral histories, graves and cultural resources. At 5,565 km2, it's about the size of Prince Edward Island, and by far the largest National Historic Site in the country. Within the national park system, the site is even larger than 28 national parks and national park reserves.

See also

  • History of Northwest Territories
    History of Northwest Territories
    The History of the Northwest Territories has been a struggle for responsible government, provincial rights, and social development.-Pre-Confederation history:The territories were purchased from the Hudson's Bay Company.-History 1869 - 1876:...

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