Northwest Territories Culture History and Archaeology

Culture history, archaeological sites, and other information related to the past of the Canadian province of Northwest Territories.

Nelson River
Nelson River is a Thule Tradition site, located on southern coast of Banks Island in the Canadian High Arctic.

Baymaud: Underwater Treasure of Cambridge Bay
Murray Lundberg's article on the Baymaud wreck, in Explore North.

Naujan (Canada)
The Thule tradition archaeological site of Naujan is located near the modern town of Repulse Bay on the northwestern edge of Hudson Bay in the Northwest Territories of Canada.

Old Fort Reliance
Encampment for parties searching for the lost John Ross (1833) and Franklin expeditions (1855); preserved and maintained by the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre.

Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
In Yellowknife; conducts archaeology throughout the arctic regions. This web site contains a great deal of information concerning Inuit culture.

QkHn-12
Robert Park at the University of Waterloo describes a small archaeological excavation undertaken in the Canadian High Arctic at this Thule culture site in the High Arctic islands.

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