Yellowknife
Diamond of the North
Yellowknife sits on the north shore of Great Slave Lake, the deepest lake in North America. The volcanic rocky terrain in and around the capital of the Northwest Territories is over a billion years old and rich with gold, silver, tungsten, copper, diamonds. The land itself is rich with the culture of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, who have called this place home for millennia.
Diamond of the North
Yellowknife sits on the north shore of Great Slave Lake, the deepest lake in North America. The volcanic rocky terrain in and around the capital of the Northwest Territories is over a billion years old and rich with gold, silver, tungsten, copper, diamonds. The land itself is rich with the culture of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, who have called this place home for millennia.
Yellowknife by the Numbers
900
Guest rooms
26,000
Square feet of meeting space
6,000
Square feet of the biggest hotel ballroom
Always Only Minutes Away from a New Adventure
To and from Yellowknife
Daily direct flights from Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary, and weekly direct connections from Toronto make Yellowknife easily accessible for domestic and international travellers alike. Once here, there’s a wide variety of routes connecting the capital city to most Northern communities across the NWT. Whether you plan to fly into Nahanni National Park Reserve and immerse yourself in unparalleled natural beauty or drive the Dempster Highway to the Arctic Ocean and stand in awe of majestic wildlife and stunning landscapes, in the Northwest Territories you are always only minutes away from your next big adventure.
In Yellowknife
Yellowknife is a vibrant and cosmopolitan northern city, boasting a wide variety of restaurants, stores and activities to be enjoyed. Countless hiking trails, lodges, campgrounds, bush plane tours and fishing spots only locals know are all easily accessible from this dynamic, friendly and unique community. Widely considered the gateway to Canada's North, Yellowknife is a great starting point for your delegates' next adventure!
Weather in Yellowknife
Spring
-5.5°C to 5.5°C
22°F to 42°F
Summer
11°C to 20°C
52°F to 68°F
Fall
0.5°C to 6.5°C
33°F to 44°F
Winter
-24.5°C to -15.5°C
-12°F to 4°F
Sectors
Mining drives the Yellowknife economy. In the early days, gold was the big money-maker, but recent discoveries of diamond deposits in the region have brought the city great success. Other industries of note in the region include cold weather testing and rare earth mineral exploration. (source)
Sectors
Mining drives the Yellowknife economy. In the early days, gold was the big money-maker, but recent discoveries of diamond deposits in the region have brought the city great success. Other industries of note in the region include cold weather testing and rare earth mineral exploration. (source)
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