Talk:1982 Northwest Territories division plebiscite

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Map needed

It is requested that a map or maps, showing the territory of the Northwest Territories at the time, showing the proposed division to create Nunavut, be included in this article to improve its quality.
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"Do you think the Northwest Territories should be divided?"

What did the question mean? Without an explanation, the article is hard to understand.

Here is my guess. The North-West Territories were, at the time of the plebiscite, divided (but not in the sense of the question) into three territories: Mackenzie, Keewatin, and Franklin. This was a proposal to split the North-West Territories into two (provinces?), one to the south-west called "North-West Territories", and one to the north-east called "Nunavut".

Maybe I am entirely wrong. I'm sure the answer is obvious to a Canadian. But it ought to be explained in the article. Maproom (talk) 16:58, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

At the time there were three districts, District of Mackenzie, District of Franklin and District of Keewatin. However, at the time these were little used and the five "Former census divisions" shown at List of regions of the Northwest Territories were what was used. The plebiscite did, in part, lead to division 17 years later but the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement had more to do with it. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 20:53, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]