Guide

Things to do in Yellowknife

Yellowknife is the aurora capital: the northern lights, Great Slave Lake, the ice roads, the midnight sun. Canada's far north, and it's magic.

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The north

The aurora

Free (tours ~$100+)

The northern lights: among the world's best skies. Go Sep-Apr, dress warm, wait.

Old Town & Bush Pilots Monument

Free

The monument hill: the panorama, the houseboats, the old town below.

The lake

Great Slave Lake

Free shore

The houseboats, the fishing, the scale - the 10th-largest lake on Earth.

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