The current flag of the Northwest Territories, Canada, was adopted in 1969 by the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories.
Historically there have been four flags used in the territory since it joined confederation.
Read more about Flag Of The Northwest Territories: Hudson's Bay Company Flag, 1950 Flag, 1959 Flag, Current Flag, Centennial Flag
Famous quotes containing the words flag, northwest and/or territories:
“Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow—red, yellow, brown, black and white—and we’re all precious in God’s sight.”
—Jesse Jackson (b. 1941)
“I got my first clear view of Ktaadn, on this excursion, from a hill about two miles northwest of Bangor, whither I went for this purpose. After this I was ready to return to Massachusetts.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“For my part, I feel that with regard to Nature I live a sort of border life, on the confines of a world into which I make occasional and transient forays only, and my patriotism and allegiance to the state into whose territories I seem to retreat are those of a moss-trooper.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)