Old Town has been announced as one of the finalists in the Canadian Institute of Planners Great Places in Canada. Old Town, as I’m sure you know, is a special place to Yellowknife. Not only is it where the settlement of Yellowknife started and where many of our roots come from, but it is also the unique place. Old Town has so much to offer anyone, art, culture, music, scenery, float planes, house boats, and the list can go on.
A judging panel of renowned planning experts will make the final decision on the winner will be announced in May. Good luck Old Town!
What is your favourite part of Old Town. Go ahead and share in the comments below.
Yk Quick Tips is your guide to Yellowknife, NT. Whether you are moving to the city, just visiting or live here, we can offer information about all the best things. The show will contain info about what to do while visiting, things to know about moving to the City and everything else interesting about the Knife .
Take stroll down the hill and explore the history of Yellowknife.
Follow me, KyleWith, as we explore Old Town and its history in this episode. I share what I think makes Old Town so unique and interesting, some of the places you should check out and what Old Town was like back when it wasn’t Old Town.
Also, I go into more depth about Yellowknife’s oldest restaurant, the Wildcat Cafe. When it was built, who built it, the history of the building and what they serve today.
Really good episode filled with a lot of good content. Take a listen, leave a comment. Remember, if you have any questions about Yellowknife send them to info@ykonline.ca
I am a little disappointed in myself for not taking more of the Old Town Ramble and Ride in this year. Then again, another part of me is glad I relaxed at home for more of the weekend.
That being said, I did get down on Saturday to check out some of the happenings of the event. I really enjoy this event, for many reasons. The first is because it is hosted and based around Old Town, and I love Old Town. There is just a unique vibe at that end of town, that I don’t think a person can get enough of. Another reason being the local talent, both in music and art. There are a lot of amazing jewelry makers in this town, and a lot of them are focused on using northern materials.
The Bob Bromley Stage was definitely a hit, while I was down there, David Strauss was playing one of their signature songs, “together forever, for 8 months”, and the crowd was really getting into it. just around the corner the SPCA was doing their Dog Wash which looked busy. Then up the road beside the old Johnson’s building several tents were set up with many artists displaying their art, paintings, carvings, and jewelry. Music also accompanied them.
Through out the rest of Old Town many more “stations” were set up with activities and displays. Face-painting, houseboat tours, photography displays, and horse carriage rides were just some of them.
Did you get down for any part of the Ramble and Ride? What was you favourite thing to do?
At approximately 5:00pm on Wednesday the power went out and is currently still out.
This is the first time in a couple months that Yellowknife has experienced a City wide power outage. Unfortunately it is right during the 5 o’clock drive home, which makes it all that much slower.
Ironically I don’t think many people will read this until after the power has come back on. I am using my iPhone for Internet to my Laptop to write this.
Update 5:50: At about 5:50pm the power has been restored in the Finlayson Area but not yet for downtown, oldtown and Niven. As we all know the Power Corp turns the power to the city back on section or grids at a time. It seems that with all the practice Yellowknifers get dealing with outages, things went smoothly. There have been not traffic problems reported as of yet.
Update 6:30: Power was restored to the Downtown core but at the same time went out again the Finlayson area. Still now power in Old Town or Niven.
Update 7:30: Power has been returned to Old Town, Niven area and Finlayson again. Reports are it is flickering but it seems the whole city may have power again.
Check out this video I shot while walk around in the outage, am sorry about the audio. Pictures below that.
It is Sunday and I thought I would share a video I found. It is a neat collection of photos and video of Yellowknife, mainly Old Town. It appears the it was shot in the late winter. So for all of you reader who will be experiencing your first winter this year, this is what you might expect.
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