Tourism, transportation, and communications are other significant Yellowknife industries. The Government of the Northwest Territories has released public information regarding arsenic in the environment around Yellowknife as a result of past mining activities. With its modern amenities and small town feel, Yellowknife has a number of interesting attractions, including the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, numerous walking trails, and the northern lights aurora borealis , which are best seen between late August and mid-April.
The city hosts a number of events, including the Frostbite 45 ski, the Diavik Canadian Championship Dog Derby, and the SnowKing Winter Festival, which involves the construction of a snow castle on Great Slave Lake, where daily festivities include live music and children's programs. And every summer since , Yellowknife has held Folk on the Rocks, an outdoor music festival featuring local, national and international musicians.
For more information check our Community Profile. From to , one prospector and trapper named Winslow C. Ranney staked in the area between David Lake and Rater Lake with few commercial results. The nearby hill known as Ranney Hill is his namesake and a popular hiking destination today.
Con Mine was the most impressive gold deposit and its development created the excitement that led to the first settlement of Yellowknife in — Con Mine entered production on 5 September Yellowknife boomed in the summer of and many new businesses were established, including the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Hudson's Bay Company, Vic Ingraham's first hotel, Sutherland's Drug Store, and a pool hall.
The population of Yellowknife quickly grew to 1, by , and by , five gold mines were in production in the Yellowknife region. However, by , gold production had ground to a halt as men were needed for the war effort. An exploration program at the Giant Mine property on the north end of town had suggested a sizable gold deposit in This new find resulted in a massive post-war staking rush to Yellowknife.
It also resulted in new discoveries at the Con Mine, greatly extending the life of the mine. The Yellowknife townsite expanded from the Old Town waterfront, and the new townsite was established during — The Discovery Mine, with its own townsite, operated to the north-northeast of Yellowknife from to A small council, partially elected and partially appointed, made decisions.
By , Yellowknife had grown so much that it was made a municipality, with its own council and town hall. The first mayor of Yellowknife was Jock McNiven. In September , Yellowknife officially became the capital of the Northwest Territories.
This important new status sparked what has been coined as the third boom in Yellowknife. New sub-divisions were established to house an influx of government workers. In the Soviet nuclear-powered satellite Kosmos crashed to Earth near Yellowknife. There were no known casualties, although a small quantity of radioactive nuclear fuel was released into the environment, and Operation Morning Light—an attempt to retrieve it—was only partially successful.
A new mining rush and fourth building boom for Yellowknife began with the discovery of diamonds north of the city in The last of the gold mines in Yellowknife closed in Tourism, transportation, and communications are other significant Yellowknife industries.
With its modern amenities and small town feel, Yellowknife has a number of interesting attractions, including the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, numerous walking trails, and the northern lights aurora borealis , which are best seen between late August and mid-April.
The city hosts a number of winter race events, including the Frostbite 45 ski, snowshoe and running race, and the Diavik Canadian Championship Dog Derby, which draws competitors from across Canada and around the world.
While Yellowknife has its origins in gold mining, diamonds were discovered in the area in There are three operating diamond mines located within short flights of Yellowknife. Tourism, transportation, and communications are other significant Yellowknife industries. Yellowknife has all the modern amenities with a small-town feel. And of course, northern lights aurora borealis , which can be seen between late August and mid-April.
Yellowknife is in the midst of a culinary boom with a new restaurants and bars raising the bar for great food in the city. Arctic weather dominates the northern part of the country for large parts of the year, while milder winters and hot summers make up two out of the four seasons towards the southern half.
But fear not, your visit was strategically planned for the summer! Canadian geology spans four billion years of Earth history. The oldest rocks are preserved in the stable Archean crustal blocks of which the largest include the Superior, Slave, Rae, Hearne and North Atlantic cratons.
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