Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

Author: Diana Marshall

Publisher: Calgary : Weigl

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781896990934

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Focuses on the environment, history, industry, tourist attractions, arts, sports and cultures that make the Northwest Territories unique.


Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

Author: Rachel Eagen

Publisher: Scholastic Canada

Published: 2010-05

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 0545989116

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Furs and fuels; the mighty Mackenzie and the city of Yellowknife; Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake; caribou and diamonds: It's all about the Northwest Territories!


Canoeing Canada's Northwest Territories

Canoeing Canada's Northwest Territories

Author: Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association

Publisher: Hyde Park, Ont. : Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781895465099

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This is the first and only detailed guidebook on Canada's world-renowned arctic rivers. In addition to describing 20 rivers and how to experience them (from the Hood to the Coppermine to the Kazan), the author also details how to prepare for an arctic canoe trip, local attractions and the heritage of the north. An invaluable trip planning aid.


The Pioneers

The Pioneers

Author: David McCullough

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: 2019-05-07

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1501168681

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The #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that’s “as resonant today as ever” (The Wall Street Journal)—the settling of the Northwest Territory by courageous pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would define our country. As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and most importantly, the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first band of pioneers set out from New England for the Northwest Territory under the leadership of Revolutionary War veteran General Rufus Putnam. They settled in what is now Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River. McCullough tells the story through five major characters: Cutler and Putnam; Cutler’s son Ephraim; and two other men, one a carpenter turned architect, and the other a physician who became a prominent pioneer in American science. They and their families created a town in a primeval wilderness, while coping with such frontier realities as floods, fires, wolves and bears, no roads or bridges, no guarantees of any sort, all the while negotiating a contentious and sometimes hostile relationship with the native people. Like so many of McCullough’s subjects, they let no obstacle deter or defeat them. Drawn in great part from a rare and all-but-unknown collection of diaries and letters by the key figures, The Pioneers is a uniquely American story of people whose ambition and courage led them to remarkable accomplishments. This is a revelatory and quintessentially American story, written with David McCullough’s signature narrative energy.


T is for Territories

T is for Territories

Author: Michael Kusugak

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press

Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 1627530134

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In T is for Territories: A Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut Alphabet, acclaimed storyteller Michael Kusugak gives an A-Z tour of Canada's three territories, the northern region of the country that is a giant in size, history, and culture. Young readers can kick up their heels at the Arctic Winter Games with sports such as the one-foot high-kick, listen to world-renowned storytellers at Whitehorse's International Storytelling Festival, or experience Wood Buffalo National Park where sometimes visitors have to stop and wait for wildlife to get out of the way. Everyone will enjoy this alphabetical journey that showcases the riches of the territories.