Questions about the Northwest Territories?

Question

Tell me about the:

Natural Resources

Economy

History

Culture

And if you have some fast facts that would be good, too.

Fast Facts

Answer 1

Yeeps!  You want a lot of info, don't you?  I've linked Wikipedia and a few official sites for that kind of information.

Meanwhile, here's a fun fact:

The old main street in Yellowknife is called "Ragged *** Road".  (Yahoo... that's Ragged A s s Road.)  That's its actual name (and rather mild compared to some other place-names up north).  Some say that when prospectors would come into town every 6 months in need of resupply, their pants would be worn ragged on the seat.  That says something about how hard they worked, that they wouldn't leave their claim to go shopping until they absolutely had to.

So many of the town's landmark "Ragged *** Road" street signs were stolen that they decided to sell them to the public.  You can get one for $29.95 CDN