List of National Historic Sites of Canada in the Northwest Territories

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This list includes all structures, objects and sites in the Canadian Northwest Territories that have the status of a National Historic Site of Canada (French lieu historique national du Canada ). The Canadian Federal Ministry for the Environment added twelve sites to this list. One of these is administered by Parks Canada .

Status: June 2012

National Historic Sites

Historic site date ISIN
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Location description photo
Church of Our Lady of Good Hope 1885 (end of construction) 1977 Fort Good Hope
66 ° 15 ′ 7 ″  N , 128 ° 38 ′ 39 ″  W.
Early mission church of the Oblates with remarkable interior decoration.
Church of Our Lady of Good Hope
Déline Fishery / Franklin's Fort 1825 (foundation) 1996 Déline
65 ° 11 ′ 11 ″  N , 123 ° 24 ′ 57 ″  W.
Hudson's Bay Company trading post ; Winter camp of the polar explorer Sir John Franklin and his second expedition.
Déline Fishery / Franklin's Fort
Ehdaa 2002 Fort Simpson
61 ° 51 '47 "  N , 121 ° 21' 18"  W.
Traditional meeting place of the Dene .
Ehdaa
Fort McPherson 1840 (foundation) 1969 Fort McPherson
67 ° 26 ′ 20 "  N , 134 ° 52 ′ 51"  W.
Cultural landscape of the Gwich'in ; Hudson's Bay Company trading office .
Fort McPherson
Fort Reliance 1834 (foundation) 1953 Fort Reliance
62 ° 42 ′ 46 ″  N , 109 ° 9 ′ 53 ″  W.
Hudson's Bay Company's oldest continuously operating trading post ; Headquarters of Captain George Back's expedition .
Fort Resolution 1819 (foundation) 1973 Fort Resolution
61 ° 10 ′ 14 ″  N , 113 ° 40 ′ 16 ″  W.
Oldest branch of the North West Company on Great Slave Lake .
Fort Resolution
Fort Simpson 1804/1822 (foundation) 1969 Fort Simpson
61 ° 51 ′ 44 "  N , 121 ° 21 ′ 12"  W.
Offices of the North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company .
Fort Simpson
Hay River Mission 1901-1940 1992 Hay River Reserve
60 ° 51 ′ 28 "  N , 115 ° 43 ′ 26"  W.
Mission station of great importance to the community of the Dene .
Kittigazuit 1978 Region 1, Unorganized
69 ° 20 ′ 25 "  N , 133 ° 41 ′ 50"  W.
Archaeological site of a settlement inhabited from approx. 1400 to 1900; History and culture of the beluga hunting Kittegaryumiut in the Mackenzie Delta .
Nagwichoonjik 1997 Tsiigehtchic
67 ° 27 ′ 9 ″  N , 133 ° 44 ′ 54 ″  W.
River through the traditional Gwichya Gwich'in settlement area ; cultural, social and spiritual importance.
Nagwichoonjik
Parry's rock 1819–1820 (event) 1930 Region 1, Unorganized
74 ° 46 ′ 2 ″  N , 110 ° 38 ′ 8 ″  W.
Winter quarters of the polar explorer William Edward Parry during his expedition to the Northwest Passage .
Parry's rock
Sahoyúé-§ehdacho 1996 Region 2, Unorganized
65 ° 20 ′ 1 ″  N , 121 ° 0 ′ 6 ″  W.
Two peninsulas on the Great Bear Lake , important for the Dene culture .

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  1. ^ National Historic Sites of Canada - Administered by Parks Canada: Northwest Territories. Parks Canada, accessed June 12, 2012 .
  2. ^ Church of Our Lady of Good Hope National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 12, 2012 .
  3. ^ Déline Fishery / Franklin's Fort National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 12, 2012 .
  4. Ehdaa National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 12, 2012 .
  5. ^ Fort McPherson National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 12, 2012 .
  6. ^ Fort Reliance National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 12, 2012 .
  7. ^ Fort Resolution National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 12, 2012 .
  8. ^ Hay River Mission Sites National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 12, 2012 .
  9. Kittigazuit Archaeological Sites National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 12, 2012 .
  10. Nagwichoonjik National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 12, 2012 .
  11. ^ Parry's Rock National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 12, 2012 .
  12. Sahoyúé-§ehdacho National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 12, 2012 .

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