Northern Life Museum |
X0E 0P0 Fort Smith, Canada (Northwest Territories (NT)) |
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Address |
110 King Street
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Floor area | unfortunately not known yet |
Opening times
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Monday – Friday: 10am – 12pm + 1pm – 5pm June – August Monday – Friday: 10am – 5pm, Saturday: 1pm – 5pm closed days see www.nlmcc.ca/hours |
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Status from 11/2017
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Homepage | www.nlmcc.ca/the-museum |
Location / Directions |
Fort Smith is a town in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada. It is located in the southeastern portion of the Northwest Territories, on the Slave River and adjacent to the Northwest Territories/Alberta border. |
Description | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Collection The outside gallery is home to a collection of agriculture equipment and machinery that was used in and around Fort Smith. This exhibit includes a The Northern Life Museum displays are built around 5 themes. It hosts displays of The Northern Life Museum also hosts a whooping crane display. The last remaining natural migratory flock of whooping cranes in the world nest in and around Wood Buffalo National Park. Canus was discovered as an injured chick by researchers in 1964. Unable to be released back into the wild, Canus (named after the joint CANadian/US effort) took up residence at Patuxent Wildlife Refuge in Maryland as the first participant in their new captive breeding program. The program enjoyed great success and Canus' contribution brought him international recognition. Canus was welcomed in 2004 as a part of the Northern Life Museum's permanent exhibits.[citation needed] The museum also hosts an outdoor aboriginal cultural Centre that showcases Canada's first peoples' ways of traditional living before European contact occurred in the early 1800s. It host as functional cold cache, smokehouse and tipi for public use. |
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