Norman Wells, Northwest Territories

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by Antonio Martins

• Norman Wells

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• Northwest Territories

Unequal horizontal stripes of light blue over white, fimbriated yellow. The dividing line bulges in the middle of the flag along the contour of a rayed setting sun, on wich there is a half sun disc behind an oil drilling tower, and a bear between two pairs of spruce. On the white bottom stripe, the lettering "Town of Norman Wells".

Norman Wells, with a population of 798 (as of 1996), is also called by the traditional name of Legohli (meaning "where is the oil") and is located at 65°17'N lat. and 126°50'W long., on the middle course of the Mackenzie river. Local languages are North Slavey and English, and the community belongs to the electoral district and land claim area of Sahtu

Page: http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/NewNWT/NormanWells.html
Flag: http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/NewNWT/flags/NORMAN_WELLS-BIG.gif

Antonio Martins, 27 June 2000