GeoByte1:This vast territory has an average of about 4 people per 100 square miles (2 people per 100 sq. km).
GeoByte2:About a third of the people who live in the Northwest Territories are Inuit (Eskimo).
GeoByte3:Police service for the Northwest Territories is provided by the famous "Mounties," the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
GeoByte4:The Northwest Territories stretches across North America and reaches into the Arctic Circle.
GeoByte5:In 1999 the Canadian government plans to carve a new territory called Nunauut out of the Northwest Territories that will largely be controlled by the Inuit, a native people.
GeoByte6:The Northwest Territories is the largest of Canada's territories and provinces. It has an area of 1,304,903 square miles (3,379,683 sq. km).