Symbols of Northwest Territories

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Northwest Territories is one of Canada's territories, and has established several territorial symbols.^[1]

[edit] Symbols

	Symbol	Image	Adopted	Remarks
Flower	Mountain avens Dryas octopetala		June 1957[1]	It grows abundantly in the eastern and central Arctic, as well as in parts of the Mackenzie River
Bird	Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus		1990[1]	They are found throughout the tundra, including all the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
Tree	Tamarack Larch Larix laricina		September 9, 1999[1]	Replaced the Jack pine as territorial tree in 1999.
Fish:	Arctic grayling Thymallus arcticus		September 9, 1999[1]	Found in various habitats in the Northwest Territories.
Mineral	Gold		May 1981	Gold has played a major role in the development the Northwest Territories.
Gemstone	Diamond		September 9, 1999	The first Canadian diamond mine was opened in the Northwest Territories.
Coat of arms	Coat of arms of Northwest Territories		February 7, 1957[1]	Granted by royal warrant by Queen Elizabeth II.
Flag	Flag of Northwest Territories		January 1969[1]	Adopted by the Council of the Northwest Territories, designed by Robert Bessant.
Territorial Symbol	Polar Bear

[edit] See also

• National symbols of Canada
• List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols

[edit] References

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