A wood carving of the very symbolic coat of arms. There was a description of it at the Legistlative Assembly, but this is the write up I found online: "The upper portion, white with a serrated base, represents the dangerous Polar ice. The wavy blue line represents the Northwest Passage through which many early explorers attempted to find a shipping route to Cathay (the Orient). The lower portion is divided diagonally into green and red sections. The dividing line, representing the treeline (above which trees no longer grow), separates the trees, represented by green, and the tundra, represented by red. The gold in the green section and the white fox in the red section represent the minerals and furs which have been the basis of the wealth and prosperity of the Northwest Territories from its early history to the present."
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