YELLOWKNIFE


Latitude:60° 44' N
Longitude: 135° 3' W
Population: 18,700
Population Density: 177.7/km²
Landforms: Plains and hills of Canadian Shield.
Ecozone: Taiga Shield
Climate: Summer cool (12°) and short, winters long and very cold(-25°). Precipitation around 300-900mm a year.
National Park: Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada.
Industries: mining, hunting, tourism, trapping.

When we arrived in Yellowknife, Northwest territories we were excited to find out that today was the longest day of the year which in Yellowknife is celebrated as the Raven Mad Daze. People were having so much fun, there were street sales, live bands, and many places to eat. We stayed all night just eating, meeting people, looking in stores, listening to music and dancing. We heard that in a couple hours when the sun comes up again there will be a Midnight Sun golf tournament, we weren’t really that interested in golf plus we were tired so we went to check into a hotel called “ Capital Suites”.

Day 2:

For our second day in Yellowknife, we got up and ate breakfast at the hotel, then we went to the Northern Frontier Visitors Center to rent Canoes. Jolease, Keegan and I shared one, and Doug and my mom took another. We spent the whole afternoon canoeing along the Northern Frontier. It was beautiful, and a lot of fun ! We raced, and almost tipped over since we are not very experienced, but fortunately we didn’t because we were told that the water is very cold even on the warmest days. After canoeing we went to eat at “Trader’s Grill Restaurant”. When I was looking at the menu, I noticed Caribou and musk ox was on there. :o I was surprised because we don’t eat stuff like that in Ontario. I didn’t order it, but Doug did, I was hesitant to try it, but I did and it wasn’t that bad not to different from other meats. After we ate, we drove down to the Aurora village there were tepees which I have never seen before, that we could walk into and see. We looked at the tepees and saw how the natives lived, while we waited to see the Aurora. Which was probably one of the most amazing things I have ever seen!