Western Canadian Subarctic

E508835

The Western Canadian Subarctic is a vast boreal and subarctic region of northwestern Canada characterized by cold climates, coniferous forests, and the traditional territories of Indigenous peoples such as the Slavey.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Canadian North 1
Western Canadian Subarctic canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf boreal region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
subarctic region ⓘ
characterizedBy long cold winters ⓘ
permafrost in many areas ⓘ
short cool summers ⓘ
climateZone subarctic climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalRegionFor Subarctic Indigenous cultures ⓘ
dominantTreeGenus Larix (larch) ⓘ
linked to: Larix

Picea (spruce) ⓘ
Pinus (pine) ⓘ
linked to: Pinus
economicActivities fishing ⓘ
forestry (in some areas) ⓘ
mineral resource extraction (in some areas) ⓘ
subsistence hunting ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
ecosystemType boreal woodland ⓘ
subarctic tundra (in northern fringes) ⓘ
environmentalIssue climate change impacts on permafrost ⓘ
shifts in wildlife distribution ⓘ
hasBiome boreal forest ⓘ
hasClimate cold climate ⓘ
hasHydrology large river systems ⓘ
numerous lakes and wetlands ⓘ
hasSeasonalFeature extreme seasonal variation in daylight ⓘ
hasVegetation coniferous forest ⓘ
taiga ⓘ
languageFamilySpoken Athabaskan languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Cree language ⓘ
Slavey language ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Canada ⓘ
partOf North American Subarctic ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region

Subarctic ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryOf Chipewyan (Dënesųłiné) people ⓘ
linked to: Chipewyan people

Cree peoples ⓘ
Dene peoples ⓘ
Gwichʼin people ⓘ
linked to: Gwich’in

Slavey people ⓘ
usedFor traditional land use by Indigenous peoples ⓘ
wildlifeIncludes black bear ⓘ
caribou ⓘ
lynx ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
moose ⓘ
snowshoe hare ⓘ
wolf ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Slavey → region → Western Canadian Subarctic ⓘ
Mackenzie Valley → partOf → Canadian North ⓘ
linked to: Western Canadian Subarctic