Northwest Territories
- a territory of northern Canada extending northwards from the 60th parallel and westwards from Hudson Bay to the Rocky Mountains; pop.41,464 (2006); capital, Yellowknife. From 1670 the southern part of this territory was part of Rupert's Land; the remainder was under nominal British rule until 1870, when both parts were ceded to Canada.西北地区（加拿大北部北纬60°以北和由哈得孙湾向西延伸至落基山脉的地区, 2006年人口41,464; 首府耶洛奈夫; 1670年起这一地区的南部属于鲁珀特领地, 而北部由英国名义统治至1870年, 之后南北两部分均被割让给加拿大）。