The Thaidene Nëné (thy-Den-ay nen-ay) area is a celebrated cultural landscape with rich wildlife populations and unique geography located at the eastern end of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. The initial Thaidene Nëné study area was approximately 33,690 km2. Thaidene Nëné means ‘Land of the Ancestors’ in the Dënesųłı̨né language.

The Boreal Caribou data Package includes layers that are used for Boreal Caribou Range Planning in the NWT. This includes fire history, human disturbance, range planning regions as well as the 2020 Resource Selection Function layers for all seasons. Data sources and contact information can be found within each layer's metadata.

Ecologically Based Landscape Classification Data

Ts’udé Nilįné Tuyeta Established Protected Area

Fire History

This is a point shape file representing 2 kilometre incremental distances along each of the 8 NWT highways.  These 2km points do not represent the actual location of 2km highway posts found along the sides of the highways.  The feature class points are placed every 2 kilometres along a highway and represent the distance from a fixed commencement point, the beginning of that highway.

Important Wildlife Areas In The NWT

Mining Leases

Mineral Claims

Department of ENR/ITI Administrative Boundaries