Yellowknife City on the Move 

I see the museum we always used to bike past on our way to walmart and stop at mcdonalds on the way back for icecream cones. There was some big trail we used to follow around the lake or water . We would walk across it in winter. I remember a place called side door for kids and it had everything a kid could want at that time like 007 on huge screen tv with 4 players multiplayer , another set of games like playstattion to play on, computers with marvel vs streetfighter, pool table. Lots more i cant remember anymore. I used to bike to the lake and swim.

@1Artist4Him Oh come on! 80/20 is a bit of an exaggeration. I'm an ex-Yellowknifer and I hate hate hate the cold weather. But I lived there 21 years and it was not as bad as you say. And the insects MAY be bad out of the city or in Old Town, near the water, but I lived and worked downtown and I went 3 summers with only one bite, so again ... less exaggeration. YK is good times. Superb culture, creativity and fun for a town of 20,000. And more to do that in a lot of major centres.

we also have 3 months of darkness, -50 degree nights, and a shit load of ice

I learned one thing during my short time in Yellowknife. Liberal Bigotry is no myth. It's very real and this city is one of its capitals.

Beautiful and so underestimated Yukon.

Beautiful

I’d like to live there, but it would be very difficult because I live in Brazil and don’t have no idea about how to get a job there 🥺

Tourists have a tendency to visit us and never leave😱

Sure thing. I've not lived there since 2004, but I lived there for 21 years, so I'm happy to answer questions or help you get in touch with people.

If i had questions about YK, would you answer them? My family and I would like to establish ourselves there and first be in touch with someone who is or was there... Thanks a bunch!

snowmobiling paradise

Hi Katia, 3 months of darkness is an exaggeration. On the shortest day of the year December 21st. The sun rises at about 10am and sets at 3pm.

Is 3 months of darkness a real fact? How long do you get to see the sun during these months? Thanks. Maybe a future Yellowknifer...

1Artist4Him, Your comments and observations sound like those of someone who has never been to Yellowknife.

1:14 I miss bootlegger

Why does Yellowknife has 20,000 people and as many skyscrapers as New York City?

Igulik lukatik qanan reepo? Tilia si aqu keniti remooni da eeyug linti.

I find it interesting that over 2/3rds of the footage shows a reality available only 20% of the year (during which you are ravaged by insect swarms of Biblical proportions) and less than a third of the footage is devoted to what it is like 80% of the year. Also, frigid temps and windchill factors limit winter outdoor activity to early and late winter. Meanwhile, the factors that affect everyday quality of life, like adequate housing, shopping, price point and selection - are extremely poor.

quite vapid, 1960ish and a bit loose with reality...

I don't mean to be rude, but.... Yellowknife is cold, dark, isolated, expensive, and the weather would kill your car. So I have to ask Why would somebody CHOOSE to live there? For a job with a good salary? That's it?

And smelly drunks at the gold range