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This is a list of
National Historic Sites
(
French
:
Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada
) in the
territory
of
Northwest Territories
. There are 12 National Historic Sites designated in the Northwest Territories, of which one (
Sahoyue-§ehdacho
) is administered by
Parks Canada
(identified below by the beaver icon
).
[1]
[2]
The first National Historic Site to be designated in the Northwest Territories was Parry's Rock Wintering Site in 1930.
A number of
National Historic Events
also occurred in the Northwest Territories, and are identified at places associated with them, using the same style of federal plaque which marks National Historic Sites. Several
National Historic Persons
are commemorated in the same way. The markers do not indicate which designation?a Site, Event, or Person?a subject has been given.
This list uses names designated by the national
Historic Sites and Monuments Board
, which may differ from other names for these sites.
National Historic Sites
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Site
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Date(s)
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Designated
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Location
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Description
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Image
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Church of Our Lady of Good Hope
[3]
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1885 (completed)
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1977
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Fort Good Hope
66°15′6.84″N
128°38′38.04″W
/
66.2519000°N 128.6439000°W
/
66.2519000; -128.6439000
(
Church of Our Lady of Good Hope
)
|
Early northern
Oblate
mission church, illustrative of northern mission churches in a simplified version of the
Gothic Revival Style
; one of the oldest surviving buildings of this type
|
|
Deline Fishery / Franklin's Fort
[4]
|
1825-7 (wintering site)
|
1996
|
Deline
65°11′11″N
123°24′57″W
/
65.18639°N 123.41583°W
/
65.18639; -123.41583
(
Deline Fishery / Franklin's Fort
)
|
The archaeological remains of a fort on the site of a traditional seasonal fishery, constructed as the
wintering
quarters of Sir
John Franklin
and his second expedition; symbolic of the 19th-century relationship between
Aboriginal people in the north
and Euro-Canadian exploration parties
|
|
Ehdaa
[5]
|
|
2002
|
Fort Simpson
61°51′33″N
121°20′35″W
/
61.85917°N 121.34306°W
/
61.85917; -121.34306
(
Ehdaa
)
|
Traditional gathering site for the
Dene
which continues to be used for important events, including the signing of
Treaty 11
in 1921 and
Pope John Paul II
's visit in 1987
|
|
Fort McPherson
[6]
|
1840 (established)
|
1969
|
Fort McPherson
67°26′7″N
134°52′55″W
/
67.43528°N 134.88194°W
/
67.43528; -134.88194
(
Fort McPherson
)
|
The principal
Hudson's Bay Company
trading post in the
MacKenzie Delta
region for over 50 years, and a centre of missionary activity; the first
North-West Mounted Police
post in the
Western Arctic
|
|
Fort Reliance
[7]
|
1833 (established)
|
1953
|
Great Slave Lake
62°42′46″N
109°9′53″W
/
62.71278°N 109.16472°W
/
62.71278; -109.16472
(
Fort Reliance
)
|
The remains of a
Hudson's Bay Company
fort built as a base of operations for an expedition by
George Back
, and later used as a trading post in the 1850s. The ruins are surrounded by the proposed
Thaidene Nene National Park
. If realized, the park and the National Historic Site would join the park system as two units.
|
|
Fort Resolution
[8]
|
1819 (established)
|
1973
|
Fort Resolution
61°10′14″N
113°40′16″W
/
61.17056°N 113.67111°W
/
61.17056; -113.67111
(
Fort Resolution
)
|
A small, rectangular-shaped peninsula on which first stood a
North West Company
fur post and later a
Hudson's Bay Company
store; the oldest continuously occupied place in the Northwest Territories with origins in the
fur trade
|
|
Fort Simpson
[9]
|
1804 (established)
|
1969
|
Fort Simpson
61°51′36″N
121°20′37″W
/
61.86000°N 121.34361°W
/
61.86000; -121.34361
(
Fort Simpson
)
|
A traditional
aboriginal
meeting place at the junction of the
Liard
and
Mackenzie
Rivers where the
North West Company
and
Hudson's Bay Company
constructed trading posts
|
|
Hay River Mission Sites
[10]
|
1868 (established)
|
1992
|
Hay River Reserve
60°51′28″N
115°43′26″W
/
60.85778°N 115.72389°W
/
60.85778; -115.72389
(
Hay River Mission Sites
)
|
A complex of
mission
buildings and associated cemeteries; the missions were located at the centre of a 4,000-kilometre (2,500 mi) inland water route, and are symbolic of the meeting of Dene and European cultures
|
|
Kittigazuit Archaeological Sites
[11]
|
1400 c.(occupation begins)
|
1978
|
Inuvik Region
69°20′25″N
133°41′50″W
/
69.34028°N 133.69722°W
/
69.34028; -133.69722
(
Kittigazuit Archaeological Sites
)
|
An archaeological site on Kittigazuit Island, occupied continuously circa 1400 to 1900 and the location of the largest known seasonal gatherings of
Inuit
in
Northern Canada
; traditional
Beluga
hunting station by the ancestors of today's occupants of
Inuvik
and
Tuktoyaktuk
|
|
Nagwichoonjik (Mackenzie River)
[12]
|
|
1997
|
Tsiigehtchic
67°27′9″N
133°44′54″W
/
67.45250°N 133.74833°W
/
67.45250; -133.74833
(
Nagwichoonjik (Mackenzie River)
)
|
A
cultural landscape
of cultural, social and spiritual significance, along the section of the
Mackenzie River
which traverses the traditional lands of the
Gwichya Gwich'in
|
|
Parry's Rock Wintering Site
[13]
|
1819 (wintering site)
|
1930
|
Melville Island
74°46′2″N
110°38′8″W
/
74.76722°N 110.63556°W
/
74.76722; -110.63556
(
Parry's Rock Wintering Site
)
|
A large
sandstone
rock, approximately 5.5 metres (18 ft) long and 3 metres (9.8 ft) high, marking the 1819 wintering site of
William Parry
's expedition of the
Northwest Passage
|
|
Saoyu-?ehdacho
[14]
[15]
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1997
|
Great Bear Lake
65°20′0.63″N
121°0′5.9″W
/
65.3335083°N 121.001639°W
/
65.3335083; -121.001639
(
Sahoyue-§ehdacho
)
|
A sacred site for the
Sahtu people
; the largest National Historic Site (approximately the size of
Prince Edward Island
) and the first one designated and acquired through consultation with
Aboriginal peoples
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