Talk:Northern Canada

Article name

Per WV:Naming conventions#Region article names like "North" are generally frowned upon unless that really is what it's called (example: the USA's "Midwest" and "South" regions are always called "the Midwest" and "the South", and even then an argument might be made for renaming them). Is "North" the best name for this article, or would something like "Northern Canada" be better? -- Ryan • (talk) • 20:44, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Canadian High Arctic comes to mind... and isn't the US South Dixieland? K7L (talk) 20:49, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Well I don't want to quote Voltaire here, but in all seriousness, what about something like "Northern Canada" or (analogous to a similar area in Alaska) "Arctic Canada" (even though some areas of this region are south of 66.5 N) Hobbitschuster (talk) 21:48, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia uses w:Northern Canada for the exact same region, so that seems sensible. I like the sound of "Canadian High Arctic", but would assume that was north of the Arctic Circle based on the name, although w:Canadian Arctic is a redirect to the Northern Canada article covering the same region, so perhaps it's a common usage that could work here as well. -- Ryan • (talk) • 22:40, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

The terminology is usually chosen to distinguish the "Arctic" (the three territories) from northern Ontario or other "near north" points within the ten provinces. K7L (talk) 18:22, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

So options at this point for a rename would be "Northern Canada", "Canadian Arctic" or "Canadian High Arctic". I'd lean towards "Northern Canada" since that seems the most clear to me and matches what Wikipedia uses, although any of those three should be better than the existing article name. K7L, Hobbitschuster or anyone else - given the options discussed, if a rename is to occur, do you have strong feelings for or against any of the discussed options? -- Ryan • (talk) • 15:49, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Northern Canada appears to be the best options, but I don't have any strong opinions either way... Hobbitschuster (talk) 18:19, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

"Far North" is another possibility, as is "Canadian Northern Territories". The main idea is to avoid the possibility that someone in Toronto will claim North Bay and Sudbury (Ontario) to be "north"... they're north of Trawna, but so what? Neither is even geographically "north of 49⁰", a term oft misused to refer to the entire southern national boundary. K7L (talk) 18:11, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

I think Northern Canada would be fine. Canadian Government websites seem to refer to it as "Canada's North" and sometimes the "far north". Just "The North" also seems to be common. Canadian High Arctic seems to correspond more to the islands (based on a quick Google scan) and Canadian Northern Territories is uncommon. Even Canadian Arctic is stretching it as Whitehorse and much of the Yukon aren't "arctic". -Shaundd (talk) 03:59, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Given that there was no objection to changing the name and "Northern Canada" seemed to be an acceptable, albeit imperfect, alternative, I've made the change. -- Ryan • (talk) • 17:33, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Tombstone Territorial Park as an other destination?

I created Tombstone Territorial Park today, and was wondering if it would be a suitable "other destination". It's 00:10 as I'm writing this, so to put it simply, here are some reasons for and against adding this territorial park:

• To put it simply, it's scenic
• It's accessible by road, unlike many other parks in the region
• According to Wikipedia, the park now attracts tourists from all over the world (though it's relatively off the beaten path; I for one, will definitely visit the park when I visit the Yukon)

On the other hand:

• it may be too specific to Yukon and not Northern Canada in general
• it's a territorial park, not a national park (keeping in mind that Niagara Falls SP in NYS is a state park, yet it's the second- or third-most (I can't remember which) visited park in the US)
• it's a relatively-unknown destination

Other thoughts?

--SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 13:20, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

My answer is simple: There are only 4 listed other destinations, so add it without a second thought. Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:34, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

Done. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 05:33, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Cultural tourism and the indigenous

Canada#Cultural tourism (in Respect!) says:

"in Northern Canada […] Indigenous people are a majority or sizable minority in all three territories; here much of the tourism is, in effect, Indigenous cultural tourism and the types of activities on offer will reflect that"

I see nothing hinting on such activities in Northern Canada#See or Do, nor anywhere in the three subregion articles, except a mention of The Tage Cho Hudan Interpretive Centre and the Da Kų Culture Centre in Yukon, of the Northern Life Museum, the Sunrise Festival and Inuit handicraft in Northwest Territories and of the Artcirq, legends about the auroras, the Uqqurmiut Centre and traditional Inuit food in Nunavut. Whether indigenous communities or businesses are easy to find remains unclear.

Also the distribution of indigenous peoples should, I think, be told in some way in Understand. Now the indigenous peoples are mentioned in the bullet for two of the territories in Northern Canada#Territories, but not for the one on Yukon, which might give the impression that they aren't relevant there or that they perhaps are a majority, but just aren't mentioned.

–LPfi (talk) 08:44, 29 February 2024 (UTC)