CANADIAN TERRITORIES

YUKON

YUKON'S GEOGRAPHY

• The Rockies are scattered everywhere in Yukon
• Yukon River drains more than half of
• The territory- rest is drained into the Mackenzie
• River through the peel and Liard River Systems

YUKON NATIONAL RESOURCES

• Coal, Nickel
• Copper, Silver
• Gold, Zinc
• Nickel, Lead

YUKON ANIMALS

• Bears, caribou, Dall sheep
• Elk, moose, mountain goats
• Bison, grouse, wolves
• Ptarmigan, waterfowl
• FISH!!!!

YUKON CLIMATE

• The climate is semi-arid
• Cold winters
• Warm summers

YUKON INDUSTRY

• Business, personal services
• Education, health

THANKS YUKONERS

NUNAVUT

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN

• English naval officer
• Northwest explorer.
• He found a passage way through Nunavut.

MAIN LANGUAGES

• English
• French
• Inuit

CLIMATE

• The climate is semi-arid
• Cold winters
• Short cool summers
• The ground is permanently frozen.
• It is permafrost.

RESOURCES

• Risch in minerals
• Copper, diamonds
• Gold, iron, lead
• Nickel, silver
• Uranium, zinc

SOCIAL PROBLEMS

• Unemployment
• Suicide
• Drug abuse
• Hobos
• Serius concerns about losing their culture

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

GEOGRAPHY

• The Mackenzie River runs through
• Hudson and Baffin Bay are the 2 bays.
• And if course the Arctic Ocean runs through

CLIMATE

• Subarctic
• It is very cold
• Some of the warmest temperatures
• are 50F.
• Bitter cool winters and short cool summers

NATURAL RESOURCES

• Timber
• Oil