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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
Polar Bears, Grizzly & Black Bears
YUKON, CANADA
Grizzly, Black Bears & Polar Bears
ALBERTA, CANADA
Grizzly & Black Bears
It has been said that the Northwest Territories Credit to the Spectacular Northwest
have never been tamed, but instead are a wild Territories website:
and rugged collection of raging rivers and
jagged peaks; a place that echoes from the The South Slave is the gateway to the
beginning of time, where massive herds of territory. Sprawling from the Alberta border to
caribou run free, whales breech and bears roar. Great Slave Lake, it’s a boundless country of
evergreens, bursting rivers, limestone chasms,
The Northwest Territories is a land of six and one big national park: Wood Buffalo. It’s also
distinct regions and the bears that call the area a medley of vibrant cultures: Cree, Chipewyan,
home include grizzlies, black bears and polar Métis and non-Aboriginals.
bears.
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