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Canada's Regions › Provinces and Territories
What is the capital city of the Northwest Territories?
- Yellowknife
- Fort Smith
- Inuvik
- Hay River
Why this is the correct answer
Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories and its largest community, sitting on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake. Originally established as a gold mining town in the 1930s, it became the territorial capital in 1967.