Northwest Territories
noun uk/ˌnɔːθ.west ˈter.ɪ.tər.iz/ us/ˌnɔːrθ.west ˈter.ə.tɔːr.iz/ (also the Northwest Territories)
西北地区（位于加拿大西北部的一个行政区，首府为耶洛奈夫）
a territory (= a large area of a country that has some local government but less independence than a province or a state) of northwestern Canada, whose capital city is Yellowknife
The picture shows canoeists on Mountain River in Canada's Northwest Territories. 图为加拿大西北地区山区河上的独木舟爱好者。
The route of the pipeline is then south through the Northwest Territories into Alberta, ending in Edmonton. 然后，输油管的路线向南穿过西北地区进入阿尔伯达省，终点是埃德蒙顿。
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- Ellesmere Island is an Arctic island in Northwest Territories, Canada, separated from Greenland by the Nares Strait.
- The Gwitchin nation comprises more than 7,500 people in 19 villages and towns spread across Alaska, Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
- The birds make an annual trek thousands of miles from Canada's Northwest Territories to the Texas coast.