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2015-07-07
This sculpture, created in 2009 by Yellowknife artist Francois Thibault depicts three drum dancers. It is located at the edge of Frame Lake in front of Yellowknife's City Hall.
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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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.jpg "Caribou carving at the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly")
2015-07-08
This sculpture was created by Alain Iyerak in 1970. It is made from a single vertebra of a bowhead whale. The vertebra had to dry for 100 years to be used for carving. The carving is housed on the upper level of the NWT Legislative Assembly Building.
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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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2015-07-08
Aurora College Yellowknife/North Slave Campus is located at 50 Ave. and 54 St. in Northern United Place. This is one of three campuses of this college, the others being in Inuvik and Fort Smith. Two of the heavily subscribed programs offered here are Nursing and Social Work. This campus...
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2015-07-08
The NWT Legislative Assembly Building was built so that it is integrated into the surrounding environment. A concrete path leads up to the doors in glass wall which forms the front of the building.
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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.