NORTHWEST TERRITORIES: Populated Places Table
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How Each Column Helps You With Your Research
1. POPULATED PLACE column: names the "populated place" or "location" of interest.
2. FORMER NAME, if applicable column: if the location was known by another name, it is listed here (a year of name change is given, if known).
3. TYPE column: gives type of location (i.e. village, town, city, etc.) - the size definition varies per province.
4. FHL CATALOG column: links to the "categories of sources" available in the Family History Library for this populated place or location.
5. WIKIPEDIA column: links to background information regarding this location or its county if Wikipedia does not have an article for that specific place.
Useful Websites
- Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) - gives brief information about a place, including historic names/places. For historic information, scroll to #3, and click Formerly Official, also try with All.
- Google Maps - shows the whereabouts of places on a map.
- Google Images - shows pictures/photos/old maps (sometimes) of a place.
- WorldCat - shows sources (books, maps, etc.) at various libraries/repositories, etc. for a place.
Notes
- Listed below are the populated places in this district, according to the Gazetteer of Canada. Northwest Territories and Yukon.[1] This gazetteer is used as the source of locations or populated places in the Family History Library Catalog for the Northwest Territories.
- If you wish the current division, where your Populated Place now exists, check the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base listed above.
Populated Places Table
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POPULATED PLACE |
FORMER NAME, if applicable | TYPE |
FHL CATALOG |
WIKIPEDIA |
Aklavik | |
Link | ||
Behchoko | Link | |||
Colville Lake | Link | |||
Deline | Link | |||
Dettah | Link | |||
Enterprise | Link | |||
Eskimo Point | Link | |||
Fort Good Hope | Link | |||
Fort Liard | Link | |||
Fort McPherson | Link | |||
Fort Providence | Link | |||
Fort Resolution | Link | |||
Fort Simpson | Village | Link | ||
Fort Smith | Town | Link | ||
Gamèti | Link | |||
Hay River Reserve | Link | |||
Hay River | Town | Link | Link | |
Holy River | Link | |||
Holman | Link | Link | ||
Inuvik | Town | Link | ||
Jean Marie River | Link | |||
Kakisa | Link | |||
Lutselk'e | Link | |||
Nahanni Butte | Link | |||
N'Dilo | Link | |||
Norman Wells | Town | Link | ||
Paulatuk | Link | |||
Sachs Harbour | Link | |||
Trout Lake | Link | |||
Tsiigehtchic | Link | |||
Tuktoyaktuk | Link | |||
Tulita | Link | |||
Ulukhaktok | Link | |||
Wekweeti | Link | |||
WhatÌ | Link | |||
Wrigley | Link | |||
Yellowknife | City | Link | Link | |
ANY NEW LOCATIONS IN FHL CATALOG??? | Link |
References
- ↑ Gazetteer of Canada. Northwest Territories and Yukon (Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Board on Geographical Names, 1958) FHL book 971.9 E5c
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