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2015-07-11
Black flies and mosquitoes can be quite unpleasant in some seasons in Yellowknife. Screening balconies, as in this example, keeps the bugs out and makes the space usable for more of the season.
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2015-07-11
We watched this beaver swim all the way to the north side of the lake to a stand of rushes.We were able to come close enough to see that it was eating on a poplar branch rather than the rushes. We could clearly see the beaver using its paws to hold the branch and also to push leaves and bark...
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2015-07-11
Yellowknife has three public transit routes through the city. Bus shelters in the Niven Lake neighborhood are new and integrated into the landscape. Building on Yellowknife's shield rock terrain requires that the rock either be blasted away or incorporated into the building plan. In this...
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2015-07-11
This Boeing 737-200 Combi is flown by Canadian North Airlines, owned by Nor Terra Inc., which is, in turn owned by the 100% aboriginal Inuvialuit Development Corporation. Canadian North flies to Northwest Territories and Nunavut destinations from Edmonton and Ottawa. The Boeing 737- 200 Combi...
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2015-07-11
This Air Tindi Dash 7 flew over the Legislature Building and the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre on its approach to the Yellowknife airport. Landing gear is down for approach. The Dash 7 Combi has four Pratt and Whitney turbines, seats 46 and is one of eight planes in Air Tindi's...
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2015-07-11
Many buildings in Yellowknife are heated with fuel oil. Fuel oil is stored in tanks attached to the buildings.
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2015-07-11
Frame Lake in Yellowknife, NWT was, historically, a Dene fish camp. Since about 1930, the lake has been steadily polluted until, today, winter oxygen levels are too low to support a fish population. Frame Lake is a dead lake. A collaboration of interested groups including Northwest Territories...
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2015-07-11
Mildred Hall School is on Franklin Ave, close to downtown Yellowknife. The school has basketball courts, which were in use until very late at night, because the midnight sun provides enough light to play.
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2015-07-09
This is one of a series of paintings of berries that are affixed to the exterior south wall of the Yellowknife Inn.
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2017-07-06
A member of the gooseberry family, skunkberries or skunk currants are found across nothern Canada. This edible berry has a strong odor and bristly. Skunkberries can be used to make jelly and were used as a traditional medicine by Indigenous people.