Ōma askiy nema ōma Tsiigehtchic steppe sakāw mostos wikow eta 13,000,000 askī y aspin peyakwaw ohci kīkway ka kakwayaki ispehcak meskocipayiw aspin ohci ōma askīya ka siwepahk kīsikāw ati kisapwew. ōma petāwin kisiwāk miskamew wacesa iyikohk nema kayahk iskwayac ohci ayīwak ispīhci 85,000 askīy.

Anohc, ōma askiy ka siwepahk kisikāw ati kisapwew āsamina. yikwatin mīna asiskīy miskwamiy, atiht ohci tananki ka pimatisitaw ohci ōma iskwayac miskwamew waces iyikohk, mīna tihkisiwak kiskinohtahiwew ka māyipayowin pikwapotak ohci kewetinotahk ka isi nakayāskamihk.

Oki steppe sakāw mostosak micinewak mekwāc ōma nistam kisapwewinmīna ekwa kiskeyihtamohiwewin 13,650 askīy mwestas mekwācoma iyikohk ohci metoni kisiskac espici waweye askiy ka masinihk kisapwewina. kīkway kakeh awa steppe kihci osapacikew pisiskiw kisinwahamākew nanaitaw ōma askīya ōma itawina, peyakwan pimātisiwin pisiskiw mīna fossil, pasci ōma 13,000 askīya ahastaw.

Metoni kekāc ohci Canada etah kakeh akotakonew ohci kispakisitaw awa miskwamiy 20,000 askīy aspin. ohi ekwa ōma misiweskamihk miskamew wacesa, asci ka kispakisit miskwamiy misikitaw peyakwan ete oko ka wapimayāhkwaw anohc eta Greenland īna Antarctica.

Ōma Laurentide misimiskwamiyak akotakonewak ōma Canadian kewetinohk mīna butted tahkohc nayiman ōma etah kasākāstek ka eyipihcakwaw ohci ōma Richardson mīna Mackenzie waciya eta ōma Northwest Territories.

Fossils ohci steppe kihci oapackew pisiskiw mīna kotak miskamiy etahtoponewin pisiskiwak metoni namoya kahkiyia ohci ōma Northwest Territories osam poko ohci ōma wasakam eta askehk eki akotakonew ohci miskamew waces mekwācoma miskwamiy etahtoponewin.

Nanitaw 15,000 askīy aspin, espici waweye askiy ka masinihk mai kisapwew mīna miskamew wacesa tihkitewawa. espeh ohi miskamew wacesa kāwayinohtehkwaw sākāstenohk etehki asawi kewetinohk Canada, oskayi sehtwawin yohtenikatew ohci miskamiy etahtoponewin pisiskiwak. wayanak misikitaw ospackew pisiskow, mistatimak mīna steppe kihci osapacikiw pisiskiw kīwehamak ohci Yukon esko ete Mackenzie sīpīy ka tawātinak mīna eta ōma Northwest Territories.

Nanaskomowin ete Shane Van Loon’s miskamowin eta tihkitew ka pakastawepayihk, nīyanān ekwa nitayanan ōma ayiwākikin steppe kihci osapacikew pisiskiw ohci Tiigehtchic.

Tihkitew ka pakahastawepayihk eyokoma tansi kisenakwahk kīkway ōma yikwatin nema asisehtat kiskinawatsehcikewin ete kewetinotahk NWT, ka pakahastawepayihk tansi kisenkwahk kīkway espeh miskwamiy wiyotin yikwatin tihkitew astamihk ka eyipihcak asiskīy. Ohi ka pakahastawepayihkmīna ka mamaskasapamohkewehk meskocipayiwa ohi ka eyipihcakwaw mīna sīpīsewayasa eta ōma Peel Plateau

Tihkitew ka pakastawepayik eta ōma Miner sīpīy ciki Sitigi sākāhikan NWT.

Kakayawatesowin tihkitew ka pakastawepayihkwaw nahascikewin headwall miskwamiy wiyotin yikwatin ōma eta kayahk ohci capasis ka eyipihcak tanta tihkitew osihcikakehk ka māmasaskonikehk wepinikewna miteyaniy nema ka osihcikehk kotakawpayik penāsipeciwan tihkitew ka pakastawepayik ohpikin amacowemow espeh ka sōskosiwahk yikwatin nokon eta ōma headwall ohci ōma ka pakastawepayihk tihkitew ōma ka nipihk.

Headwall ohci tihkitew ka paskataweayihk eta ōma Peel Plateau NWT.

Miakwaw ka pakastawepayihkwaw metoni āaminohk kastahk kīkway nema kakeh sohki tawahotowin meskanawa, kayāsohci isitawnihk ka papāmohtek meskanaw kosehtahk mīna askīy apacihtawina wīyawaw kakeh tōtamowin mayanohk kastahk kīkwa eta pipikwāc pamātisiwin nema kakeh ispayiw ka micimosin eta ōma asīskiy pimiciwan penāsipeciwan ohci ōma kapakastawepayihk headwall. Espeh ōma kayās atiht mitātaht askīya atiht ohci ōma misakwaw ka pakastawepayihkwaw eta Peel Plateau ati ohpikinaw osam mistahi nistomitanaw ispihcak ( nistomitanaw tepahkoposap Canadian tihtipatowwew eta kametawihk asikisa) ōma ka misak tihkitew ka pakastawepayihk kakehohimeteh kayahk ayīwakes peyak kisipahkatasowin ayisaweyak metres (600,000 ātatāswākan posihtāsiwin) ohci kakotawapayik penāsipeciwan tea ōma nīpīy kapemicowak tawātināw sakāhikana kicitiphaskan eta iskopayiwin.

Ōma kisopwewin mīa sapopewin askīy ka siwepahk kisikāw ōma tōtamowin misakwaw kinohkwaw-pimatisiwin kapakastawepayihkwaw ka osihcikehk eta ōma NWT. ōma ohpikiwin ohci ohi wanāhiwewina kakeh kisiskāpayowin kīkway āhkami kispayik askīy ka siwepahk kisikāw kisopwew.

Ohcitaw ohci tihkitew ka pastawepayihkwaw eta ōma kewetinotahk NWT.