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> Canada > Northwest Territories > NT Legislative Assembly
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| Established | 00, 0000 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | 411 Name Removed |
| Last Modified | Monsieur December 29, 2007 06:31pm |
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As its name implies, the Mackenzie Delta district is centred around the many-braided mouth of the Northwest Territories' biggest river. The region largely consists of low-lying, scrubby boreal forest, though in the west, the Richardson Mountains rise to the Yukon border. Over the last 25 years, the area has witnessed the boom, bust, and renewed boom of oil and gas exploration.
Fort McPherson (pop. 776), on the banks of the Peel River, is economically dependent on hunting and trapping, tourism, and maintenance of the Dempster Highway, which links it and subsistence hunting and trapping-based Tsiigehtchic (pop. 175) to the regional hub of Inuvik. Residents of Fort McPherson and Tsiigehtchic are largely Gwich'in, whereas Aklavik (pop. 594), further down the Mackenzie, is home to a mix of Inuvialuit and Gwich'in inhabitants.
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