Scouting and Guiding in the Northwest Territories into the Northern Lights Council of Alberta in the early 2000s. Today Nunavut falls under Voyageur Council (Ottawa Valley and surrounding region). Guides are served by the Guiding in Canada - Northwest Territories & Nunavut Council Scouting and Guiding in the Northwest Territories Scouting in the Northwest Territories did not develop until 1970, due to the sparse population of the Northwest Territories. The Northwest Territories Council of Scouts Canada was founded in 1970, with Denny R. May, son of pilot Wop May, as Executive Director. May also designed the logo for the Council, which depicts three Inuit in a circle
Northwest Territories and Yukon Radio System Northwest Territories and Yukon Radio System The Northwest Territories and Yukon Radio System was a radio service spanning the Northwest Territories and the Yukon, in existence from 1923 until 1959. It was created for easy communication between the towns or outposts and the rest of the country and was disbanded in 1959 when the system stations were taken over by the Department of Transport. The NWT&Y Radio System was created in 1923 after the Department of the Interior, realizing the possibilities of wireless telegraphy to cover the vast areas of the northland, requested the Defence Department consider the installation of