Sights in Yellowknife
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Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
Acting as a historical and cultural archive for the whole NWT, the well laid-out and exhaustive Northern Heritage Centre, opened by the Prince of Wales in 1979, is pleasantly situated overlooking Frame Lake. Here, expertly assembled displays address natural history, European exploration, Northern aviation and, especially, Dene and Inuit ways. And, unusually for super-expensive Yellowknife, it's free.
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Legislative Assembly
In 1993 the NWT government coughed up $25 million to build the impressive, igloo-shaped Legislative Assembly, which is also off 48th St and near Frame Lake. You can learn about the territory's aboriginal-style government by joining a free hour-long tour. There's also excellent Northern art throughout.
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Dänojà Zho Centre
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Bush Pilot's Monument
Perched atop 'The Rock,' a large outcrop right before the bridge to Latham Island, this simple needle pays homage to the gutsy bush pilots who opened up the NWT. Climb the stairs to the viewpoint where you can watch modern floatplane traffic and envy the people on polychromatic houseboats in the bay. Summer sunsets – if you can stay up that late – are stunning.
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The Wild Cat Café
An original town structure dating from 1937, this tiny log cabin has been preserved and turned into one of the city's most well-known restaurants, the Wild Cat. Debate raged recently when the new French-Canadian vendor tried to change its name to Le Wild Cat. The moral: don't mess with tradition.
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Ragged Ass Rd
Named by gold-rush-era prospectors who had gone stony broke (ragged ass), this road was immortalized in a song and album by Canadian rock musician Tom Cochrane (himself the son of a bush pilot) in 1995. The street sign subsequently went missing so many times that the city authorities starting selling copies as souvenirs. Mansions now outnumber the sagging gold-rush-era cabins on the street.
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