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2015-07-08
This polar bear skin rug lies on the floor of the NWT Legislative Assembly Chamber. There is a story that the tour guides tell about it. A man asked the Legislative Assembly to help him because the bear was terrorizing the settlement. The Assembly did not help, so he killed the bear and brought...
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2015-07-10
Aspen serpentine leaf miner is a common insect pest in the Northwest Territories. This tree was at 44St and 50th Avenue in Yellowknife. Identification of the pest confirmed by Dr. David Langor Research Scientist, Pest Management and Biodiversity Conservation Natural Resources Canada, Canadian...
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Porcupine quill work on the replica of the original mace of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
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A replica of the original mace of the Legislative Assembly of the Norhwest Territories is on display at the Legislature Building. Around the shaft of the mace there is a section of dyed porcupine quills stitched into diamond and checkerboard patterns in red and blue.The top and bottom edges are...
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2015-07-08
In hard rock environments, power poles can be erected in two ways: drilling or augering a large enough hole in the rock that the pole can be placed into it or placing the pole on top of the rock and anchoring it. In this case, rods have been drilled into the rock and the power pole has been...
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2015-07-09
The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre is located on the edge of Frame Lake in Yellowknife, near the Legislative Assembly Building. PWNHC contains a museum, the Territorial Archives, the Museum Restaurant and teaching/programming space. It can be accessed via a flag-lined walkway that...
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2015-07-09
The south wall of the Yellowknife Inn faces a parking lot at 50th Street and 50th Avenue. The Urban Art in Yellowknife exhibit includes cut-out paintings of birds and wild plants that produce edible berries. This painting is of the raspberry and shows the foliage and the green and ripe berries....