A hunter in has died following a bear attack in the Northwest Territories.

Norman Wells RCMP were called to a bear attack southwest of Norman Wells, near the Yukon Border, just after 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Norman Wells is about 600 km north of Fort McMurray.

Mounties were on scene Thursday morning with environment and natural resources officers and the office of the chief coroner, who confirmed the hunter died as a result of the attack.

The case has been turned over to the Office of the Chief Coroner of the Northwest Territories.

The victim's name has not been released.

Several Albertans have been attacked by bears this summer.

Lorna Weafer, 36, of Fort McMurray was fatally attacked by a black bear May 7 on a busy Suncor oilsands work site.

A 60-year-old Edmonton man was hospitalized following a black bear attack in Smoky Lake County Aug. 3, after the bear he shot survived and turned on him.

Calgary hunter and humanitarian Cross was killed Sept. 7 by a grizzly bear in the Picklejar area of K-Country, with wounds indicating the attack was defensive rather than predatory.

--Edmonton Sun