| Mackenzie Mountains | |
| Range | |
 Keele Peak, 2005
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| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Territories | Yukon, Northwest Territories |
| Highest point | Keele Peak |
| - elevation | 2,972 m (9,751 ft) |
| - coordinates | |
The Mackenzie Mountains are a mountain range forming part of the Yukon-Northwest Territories boundary between the Liard and Peel rivers. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Yukon (ˈjuːkɒn is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three territories. The Northwest Territories (ˌnɔrθˌwɛstˈtɛrɨtɔriz ( NWT or NT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is a territory Keele Peak, in Canada 's Yukon Territory, is the tallest peak in the Mackenzie Mountains at. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys Yukon (ˈjuːkɒn is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three territories. The Northwest Territories (ˌnɔrθˌwɛstˈtɛrɨtɔriz ( NWT or NT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is a territory The Liard River flows through the Yukon Territory British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, Canada. The Peel River is a tributary of the Mackenzie River in the Yukon and Northwest Territories in Canada. Nahanni National Park Reserve is in the Mackenzie Mountains. Nahanni National Park Reserve in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, approximately west of Yellowknife, There is a proposal
The Mackenzie Mountains hold about 55% of the world's known reserves of tungsten. Tungsten (ˈtʌŋstən also known as wolfram (/ˈwʊlfrəm/ is a Chemical element that has the symbol W and Atomic number 74 The mining town of Tungsten, site of the Cantung Mine is in the Mackenzie mountains. The townsite of Tungsten is located at Cantung Mine in the Northwest Territories. Cantung Mine is a Tungsten producer in the Nahanni area of the Northwest Territories, Canada, located northeast of Watson Lake in Only two roads lead into the Mackenzie Mountains, both in the Yukon: the Nahanni Range Road leading to the townsite of Tungsten and the Canol Road leading to the Macmillan Pass. Yukon Highway 10 Northwest Territories no official route number (maintained by mining company The Nahanni Range Road was completed The Canol (short for Canadian Oil) Road was a project that built a pipeline and a road from Norman Wells Northwest Territories to Whitehorse Yukon
The highest mountain in this range is Keele Peak at 2,972 metres (9,751 ft). Keele Peak, in Canada 's Yukon Territory, is the tallest peak in the Mackenzie Mountains at. The second highest mountain is Mount Nirvana. Mount Nirvana, at 2773 m (9098 ft is the name of the highest Mountain in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is, at 2,773 metres (9,098 ft), the highest mountain in the Northwest Territories.
Further reading
- Aitken, J. D. (1991). The Ice Brook Formation and post-Rapitan, Late Proterozoic glaciation, Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories. [Ottawa]: Energy, Mines and Resources Canada. ISBN 0660138387
- EXCELeration Corp. (2000). Benefits of outfitted hunting in the NWT Mackenzie mountains. Calgary: EXCELeration Corp.
- Hanke, G. F. , Wilson, M. V. , & Lindoe, L. A. (2001). New species of Silurian acanthodians from the Mackenzie Mountains, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 38 (11), 1517.
- James, N. , Narbonne, G. , & Kyser, T. (2001). Late Neoproterozoic cap carbonates: Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern Canada: precipitation and global glacial meltdown. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 38, 1229-1262.
- Keele, J. (1910). A reconnaissance across the Mackenzie mountains on the Pelly, Ross, and Gravel rivers, Yukon, and North West territories. Ottawa: Government printing bureau.
- Latour, Paul B. A Survey of Dall's Sheep in Zone E/1-1, Northern Mackenzie Mountains. Norman Wells, NWT: Dept. of Renewable Resources, Govt. of the Northwest Territories, 1992.
- Miller, S. J. , Barichello, N. , & Tait, D. E. N. (1982). The grizzly bears of the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories. Yellowknife, N. W. T. : N. W. T. Wildlife Service.
- Morrow, D. W. , & Cook, D. G. (1987). The Prairie Creek Embayment and Lower Paleozoic strata of the southern Mackenzie Mountains. Ottawa, Canada: Energy, Mines and Resources Canada. ISBN 0660125161
- Porsild, A. E. (1945). The Alpine flora of the east slope of Mackenzie mountains, Northwest territories. Ottawa: E. Cloutier, Printer to the King.
External links
- Climate change in the Mackenzie Mountains (1995), Liang, L, Kershaw, G. P. Climate Research
- Mountain goat survey, Flat River area, Western Mackenzie Mountains (2004). Artier, N. C. L. Dept of Resources, Wildlife, and Economic Development, Gov't of the NWT.