Mackenzie River basins, mostly in Alberta. The cold northern permafrost regions beyond the Arctic Circle are very sparsely populated, mainly by indigenous peoples. Most of the Mackenzie watershed is unbroken wilderness and human activities have little influence on the overall water quality, although there are some localized impacts. Some parts of the Mackenzie basin are rich in natural resources – oil and gas in the Northwest Territories and in central Alberta, lumber in the Peace River headwaters, uranium in Saskatchewan, gold and zinc in the Great Slave Lake area and tungsten in the Yukon. As of 2003 there were two operational gold
Mackenzie River (electoral district) meridian in the system of Dominion Land surveys, and on the north by the continental shore of the Arctic Ocean. Mackenzie River (electoral district) Mackenzie River was a federal electoral district in Northwest Territories, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1963. This riding was created in 1952 when Yukon—Mackenzie River riding was split into two. The parts within the Northwest Territories became Mackenzie River riding. It was abolished in 1962 when it was merged into Northwest Territories riding. It consisted the Provisional District of Mackenzie bounded on the west by the Yukon