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Northern Lights at Yellowknife
The Northern Lights over Yellowknife
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Downtown Yellowknife.

Yellowknife (2011 population: 19,234) is a Canadian city. It is the capital of the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is located on the north shore of Great Slave Lake. The city used to be a mining town until the 1980's.


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  • Yellowknife, 1932 - N-1986-015-0013

    Yellowknife from Back Bay. In the 1930s, the area was home to a number of prospectors.

  • Yellowknife in 40s-50s

    Mid 20th-century Yellowknife; the community was incorporated as a municipality in 1953.

  • Old Town and N'Dilo

    Yellowknife was scoured down to rock during the last glacial period, making the landscape very rocky, and slightly rolling, with many small lakes.

  • Ice Fog in Yellowknife

    Heavy ice fog can develop on the coldest winter mornings

  • Downtown Yellowknife 2

    Downtown Yellowknife is home to most of the city's commercial activity

  • Yellowknife, NT, city hall

    Yellowknife City Hall is the seat of municipal government.

  • Dept National Defense Yellowknife Northwest Territories Canada 02

    The Department of National Defence Building in Yellowknife. The federal government is among the largest employers in Yellowknife.

  • Yellow Knife , NWT , Canada - panoramio (16)

    Aurora borealis over Yellowknife

  • Collapse of Con Mine

    Demolition of the headframe at Con Mine in 2016. The gold mine, just south of the city limits, was in operation from 1938 to 2003. The headframe was the tallest building in the NWT until October 2016.

  • RCMP HQ Yellowknife

    Headquarters for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) G Division who provide policing in Yellowknife.

  • Jackfish Lake generating station 02

    The Jackfish Diesel Plant provides power for Yellowknife. It is operated by the Northwest Territories Power Corporation.

  • Snow removal in yellowknife

    Winter conditions in Yellowknife require regular snow removal.

  • Yellowknife City Hall 4

    A totem pole at Yellowknife City Hall. According to the 2006 Census, Indigenous peoples make up 22.7 percent of residents in Yellowknife.

  • The Gold Range

    The Gold Range is a prominent hotel and bar located in Yellowknife.

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