Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993.
Nunavut comprises a major portion of Northern Canada, and most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, making it the fifth-largest country subdivision in the world. The capital Iqaluit (formerly "Frobisher Bay") on Baffin Island, in the east, was chosen by the 1995 capital plebiscite.
The Thlewiaza River runs from the north end of Nueltin Lake, which straddles the Manitoba-Nunavut border, to the coast of Hudson Bay, just south of the small Inuit community of Arviat, a distance of approximately 340 km.
Read MoreNunavut comprises a major portion of Northern Canada, and most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, making it the fifth-largest country subdivision in the world. The capital Iqaluit (formerly "Frobisher Bay") on Baffin Island, in the east, was chosen by the 1995 capital plebiscite.
The Thlewiaza River runs from the north end of Nueltin Lake, which straddles the Manitoba-Nunavut border, to the coast of Hudson Bay, just south of the small Inuit community of Arviat, a distance of approximately 340 km.
