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- 33Photographs
- 122015/07/08
- 11Public Art - Polar Regions
- 11Urban Art in Yellowknife
- 102015/07/10
- 57Campbell, Sandy
- 9Beaudreau, Diane, biologist, artist
- 1Knighton, Frank (Carver)
- 1Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
- 1Robertson, Dean E. (painter)
- 1Sandy Campbell
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2015-07-08
This painting of black bears in fireweed by Dean E. Robertson is on the side of a building on Franklin Avenue in Yellowknife. The painting is dated 2005. It is one of many paintings and murals that are on the exteriors of buildings in Yellowknife.
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2015-07-08
This totem pole stands near the avenue in front of City Hall in Yellowknife, NWT. It was carved at Nitinhat, B.C., by carver, Frank Knighton and donated in 1971 by the People of British Columbia.
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2015-07-10
This garden project at Mildred Hall School in Yellowknife is a collaboration between students and elders. Raised beds are a common garden format in Yellowknife because of the rocky nature of the landscape and the general lack of good topsoil. These beds contain common garden plants such as...
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2015-07-10
Saskatoon berries grow across Northern Canada and are used both as a food source and as a traditional medicine. The berries start out green and are a deep purple when they are ripe.
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2015-07-08
This steppe bison skull is at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife, NWT. The bison skeleton with skin, hair and flesh attached was found by Shane Van Loon in 2007 emerging from an eroding riverbank. The skull is 36,500 years old.
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2015-07-08
Raised beds are common in Yellowknife, where there is little topsoil in which to make a garden. In this bed there are several flowers, herbs and vegetables including: marigolds, pansies, parsley, and chives (in bloom).
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2015-07-08
This lighthouse sits on top of a commercial building on Franklin Avenue in Yellowknife. A sign at the Tourist Information Centre reads, \"A Northern Lighthouse is a specially designed community space weather beacon that indicates when conditions are right for geomagnetic storms caused by the...
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2015-07-09
This muskoxen is displayed in a diorama at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre.
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2015-07-11
Taking off to the south at 5:30 p.m. There is smoke on the horizon from the forest fires east of the City. To the left of the image is Frame Lake with Yellowknife's tallest buildings behind it. To the right is the Con Mine tower with its red top.
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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...