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N.W.T. Obs.

• 1 the early administrative districts which later became Saskatchewan and Alberta.

  See also: Northwest Territories (def. 1b)  

  • 1876  North Saskatchewan River, N.W.T.
  • 1898  In the Banana Belt section of the N.W.T. there is nothing to thaw this January.
  • 1903  Tell them to go plumb to Okotoks, Alberta, N.W.T

• 2 from January 1, 1920, the division of northern Canada between the Yukon Territory and Hudson Bay, including Baffin Island and the islands in James Bay, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, and the Canadian Archipelago; the districts of Franklin, Keewatin, and Mackenzie.

  See also: Northwest Territories (def. 2b)  

  • 1953  We have been given to understand, however, that since the present N.W.T.'s Council Election Ordinance contains no provision for by-elections, none can be held; though we are well aware, as are the powers at Ottawa, that this can be remedied by a simple Order-in-Council.
  • 1966  [Caption] Officer Cadet Douglas Robertson of Yellowknife, N.W.T. has successfully completed the Basic Aircrew Indoctrination Course at Canadian Forces Base[,] Centralia, Ontario.