Northwest Territories: Timeline

1905   The Canadian Canada

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 province of Alberta Alberta

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 is established from the southwestern part of the Northwest Territories.

1978   Soviet satellite Cosmos 954 burns in Earth atmosphere, and its debris is scattered over Canada's Northwest Territories.

1987   Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories, changes its name to Iqaluit. In 1999, it becomes the capital of Nunavut.

1999   Nunavut, an Inuit homeland, is created from the eastern portion of Northwest Territories to become Canada Canada

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's third territory.