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2011-01-01
View west from Pilots' Monument in Old Town, Yellowknife, NT, to the new town area, high rises and Yellowknife Bay. The tower to the left with a red top is the Con Mine tower or Robertson Headframe at the disused Cominco gold mine (demolished October 29 2016). The tower was a prominent landmark...
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2012-03-10
Plane on display at Old Airport Road, Yellowknife : the first Bristol Freighter in the North : used by Wardair, an airline based in Yellowknife and Edmonton, founded in 1953 by bush pilot Max Ward, initially using small bush planes. This aircraft was used to bring in the town fire truck, farm...
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2011-01-01
Historic marker on Pilots' Monument ('The Rock') in the Old Town area of Yellowknife, NT. The Monument is a high point that originally held the town water tanks but is now dedicated to the bush pilots and air engineers. In summer the monument has a signal light on top that flashes when a float...
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2011-01-01
View east from Pilots' Monument, Yellowknife, NT, to Jollife Island. In summer the channel in front of the Island is the landing area for float planes. The Monument has a signal light on top that flashes when a float plane is about to land, indicating that boat traffic should move aside....