{"id":4895,"date":"2020-06-22T15:24:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T19:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/?page_id=4895"},"modified":"2020-06-22T15:24:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T19:24:31","slug":"northwest-territories-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/northwest-territories-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"Northwest Territories: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learn the province
\n<\/strong>The coat of arms<\/a> for the Northwest Territories consists of a shield and a crest. The upper portion of the shield represents the ice fields of the far north and the Northwest passage. The green and red areas of the shield stand for the forests of the Mackenzie River Valley and the tundra of the Canadian Shield area. The wavy division between the green and red area represents the northern tree line. The importance of the fur trade is represented by the head of the fox and the yellow billets refer to the mining of gold in the region. The crest above the shield is a compass in between two Narwhals.<\/p>\n

The Northwest Territories provincial flag consists of vertical blue-white-blue stripes and the shield of the territorial coat of arms on its wide central white stripe.<\/p>\n

Study some history
\n<\/strong>Long before Europeans arrived, the Innuit and First Nations peoples inhabited the land–and still do to this day. Europeans visited the region for fur trading, which was a booming business in the 16th<\/sup> century. In 1670, the Hudson\u2019s Bay Company<\/a> was formed by a royal charter, granting the Europeans a commercial monopoly over the Northwest Territories which lasted until 1870. At that point, the Hudson\u2019s Bay Company transferred the Northwest Territories over to the British Crown, who then transferred them to Canada.<\/p>\n

Get creative
\n<\/strong>Organize your art supplies and get painting! Pick a location you\u2019ll visit on your trip and compare your artwork to photos of the location when you return. Consider painting Yellowknife<\/a> (the capital of the Northwest Territories) or Great Slave Lake<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pick a film
\n<\/strong>Watch a movie or TV show that was filmed in (or relates to) your destination. Some ideas for the Northwest Territories include:<\/p>\n