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Sights and landmarks in Yellowknife

7 sights worth seeing in Yellowknife: landmarks, galleries, monuments and viewpoints.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Sights and landmarks in Yellowknife

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    Buffalo Airways Hangar Tour

    You can go on a guided tour of the hangar of the family-run airline that was showcased in reality television show Ice Pilots NWT. Featuring a fleet of vintage aircraft from the World War II era (DC-3, C46, Electra and others), the hangar is the place where technicians keep these old warbirds flying. You might even come across one of its DC-3 which participated in the D-Day campaign by dropping paratroopers over Normandy.

    Tue-Fri 10AM-4PMFree (advanced booking and photo ID are required)

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    Nature's North Wildlife Gallery

    Taxidermied animals in various poses. Exhibit includes grolars (polar bear and grizzly bear hybrid), muskox, wolverine and wood buffalo.

    Mon Wed Sat 11AM-4PMSelf-guided tour $20, tour with tablet $25, youth (10-16) $15, child (6-9) $5, child (under 5) free

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    Northern Arts and Cultural Centre

    A 297-seat performance hall in Yellowknife that opened on May 3, 1984. It is the only performing arts centre in the Northwest Territories.

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    Pilots Monument

    Sitting on top of a hill in the Old Town, this monument gives tribute to bush pilots who opened up Northwest Territories, delivered food & medicine and transported people.

    Open 24 hours

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    Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre

    The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre houses the territorial museum and archives. It exhibits natural history, Indigenous history, industries in the Northwest Territories and local Yellowknife history.

    Museum open Tue Wed Fri-Sun 10AM–5PM, Thu 10AM-8:30PM (closed Mon). It is also open on statutory holidays except Christmas and New Year's Day. Last Sat of every month open 10AM-8:30PMFree admission

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    Ragged Ass Road

    This otherwise undistinguished short unpaved residential street is known for its name, which started as a joke among prospectors about their lack of success one season, far beyond Yellowknife. Before you get a signature souvenir sign or T-shirt from one of the many shops in town that sells them, you might want to walk down the actual street and take a picture of the official sign, now that the city has finally acknowledged its existence, so you can confirm to people you tell the story to back home that, yes, this street actually exists.

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    Northwest Territories Legislative Building

    4570 48 St

    Mon-Fri 8AM-6PM, Sat Sun 10AM-6PM. Closed on Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year's Day

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Yellowknife (CC BY-SA 4.0).