Peace River Flats Marker

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Campbell, Sandy

• The plaque reads: Peace River Flats. The promise of gold drew families north in the 1930's and 40's. Many an Alberta farm boy built a barge to float \"down north\" on the Peace and Slave Rivers and sail across Great Slave Lake to Yellowknife. These settlers were attracted to this flat expanse of land on the shores of Back Bay, and named the area Peace River Flats after their homes back in Alberta. The construction boom of the late 80s is apparent as you walk the streets of Peace River Flats. Few of the original buildings remain, but the neighborhood retains a relaxed atmosphere typical of the Old Town. The Fritz Theil ball park now covers what was once a large and muddy pond, backing on the flats.

• Date created

  2015-07-08

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Monuments and Markers - Yellowknife, NWT
  • Old Town - Yellowknife, NWT
  • Back Bay - Yellowknife, NWT
  • Photographs
  • Peace River Flats - Plaque - Yellowknife, NWT
  • 1930/1980
  • Canada, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Peace River Flats

• Type of Item

  Image

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R39S1KN5X

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 International