Editing Yellowknife (section)

== Culture ==
=== Events ===
[[File:Snowking Ice Castle Courtyard.jpg|thumb|upright|The courtyard for the [[Snowking Winter Festival]]'s castle. The festival is an annual festival that is centred around a [[Snow fort|snow castle]] on the [[Great Slave Lake]].]]

* Folk on the Rocks is a local music festival that has been an annual occurrence since 1980. The event features a wide variety of musical acts; it is not limited to only Folk. In the past, it has drawn acts such as [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]], the [[Trailer Park Boys]], [[The Weakerthans]], [[African Guitar Summit]], [[Corb Lund]], [[Fred Penner]], [[Stan Rogers]], [[Gord Downie]], [[Tanya Tagaq]], [[Dan Mangan]], [[Sam Roberts (singer-songwriter)|Sam Roberts Band]], [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]], [[The Strumbellas]], [[Joel Plaskett]], [[Ron Sexsmith]] and [[Hawksley Workman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkontherocks.com/archives.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708205606/http://www.folkontherocks.com/archives.php |archive-date=8 July 2007|title=Performer Archives|publisher=Folk on the Rocks Music Festival|access-date=15 April 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* The Midnight Sun Golf Tournament, with games played through the city's well-lit summer nights, is also a significant cultural event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yellowknifegolf.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx|title=Home|publisher=The Yellowknife Golf Club|access-date=15 April 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* During the winter, there is the [[Snowking Winter Festival]], featuring a snow castle on Great Slave Lake which hosts a month of cultural activities<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snowking.ca|title=13th Annual Winter Festival|publisher=The Snowking|access-date=15 April 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* The Long John Jamboree,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longjohnjamboree.ca/|title=Long John Jamboree|website=Long John Jamboree}}</ref> a new winter festival, took place 23–25 March 2012 on the frozen Yellowknife Bay next to the Snowking castle, in Yellowknife's Old Town neighbourhood. Events include an ice sculpture contest sponsored by De Beers Canada, cultural events like Dene hand games, games, live music, a beer garden, food vendors, skating rink, artist's market, and much more.
* Yellowknife hosted the inaugural 1970 [[Arctic Winter Games]], and has since hosted athletes and artists from circumpolar regions at the biennial multi-sport and multi-cultural event in 1984, 1990, 1998, and [[2008 Arctic Winter Games]].
* The Old Town Ramble & Ride Festival started in 2006 and happens every summer for three days on the August long weekend. This free outdoor festival promotes local art, culture, music, artisans, dance, storytelling, workshops, tours, children's area and more.
* The [[Yellowknife International Film Festival]] is an annual film festival held in the city.<ref>Emily Blake, [https://cabinradio.ca/47895/news/arts/watch-the-yellowknife-international-film-festival-from-your-sofa/ "Watch the Yellowknife International Film Festival from your sofa"]. Cabin Radio, 23 October 2020.</ref> The [[Dead North Film Festival]], a genre film festival for horror, fantasy and science fiction films, was also staged from 2012 to 2020, but is currently on hiatus.<ref name=deadfornow>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/dead-north-film-festival-done-1.5723976 "Yellowknife's Dead North Film Festival dead ... for now"]. [[CBC North]], 14 September 2020.</ref>
* Yellowknife Farmers Market is a seasonal farmers market in Yellowknife, held every Tuesday from June to September at [[Somba K'e Civic Plaza]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://yellowknifefarmersmarket.ca/ |website=Yellowknife Farmers Market |title=Yellowknife Farmers Market |access-date=4 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Attractions ===
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Some notable places to visit in Yellowknife include:
* [[The Wildcat Cafe]], which first opened in 1937. The popular restaurant still operates in its original building during the summer, which was moved to its current location after being saved from demolition in the late 1970s. The Wildcat Cafe was renovated from 2011 to 2013. The City hosted a grand opening of the new Wildcat Cafe on 16 June 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.civilization.ca/hist/phase2/mod11e.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123234805/http://www.civilization.ca/hist/phase2/mod11e.html|archive-date=23 January 2008|title=North of 60° – Visions of the New North|publisher=Canadian Museum of Civilization|access-date=2 February 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* The [[The Gold Range|Gold Range Bar]] (also known as The Strange Range and listed in the circa 1989 phonebook as such), one of the oldest and most colourful drinking establishments in the Northwest Territories and featured in [[Elizabeth Hay (novelist)|Elizabeth Hay]]'s novel "Late Nights On Air" and [[Mordecai Richler]]'s novel ''[[Solomon Gursky Was Here]].''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JzxbAAAAMAAJ |title=Solomon Gursky Was Here|access-date=30 June 2008|isbn=978-0-670-82526-4|last=Richler |first=Mordecai|year=1989|publisher=Viking }}</ref>
* Downtown contains the Capital Area Park, a short but pleasant stroll by City Hall,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yellowknife.ca/home.html |title=City of Yellowknife |publisher=Yellowknife.ca |date=3 January 2011 |access-date=2 March 2011|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706213842/http://www.yellowknife.ca/home.html |archive-date=6 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/ |title=Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre |publisher=Pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca |access-date=2 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511100202/http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/ |archive-date=11 May 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> the Legislature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/ |title=Northwest Territories Legislative Building |publisher=Assembly.gov.nt.ca |date=2 February 2011 |access-date=2 March 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* The [[Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre]] is a museum containing exhibits of the history and culture of [[Inuit]], [[Inuvialuit]], Dene, [[Métis]] and non-aboriginal peoples of the NWT. It is found just north of downtown on an attractive location overlooking Frame Lake.
* Near the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, the [[Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories|Northwest Territories Legislative Building]] houses the territory's legislative assembly.
* The [[Northern Arts and Cultural Centre]], which is located in [[Sir John Franklin High School]] and is the city's largest indoor stage for theatre and musical presentations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naccnt.ca/|title=Welcome to the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre|publisher=Northern Arts and Cultural Centre|access-date=15 April 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* ''Elon the Muskox'' (Elon Muskox), a mosaiculture horticultural living sculpture of a [[muskox]] exhibited in front of City Hall.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yellowknife-muskox-name-1.4955290 |title= Meet Elon Muskox, the Yellowknife sculpture named after Tesla CEO |date= 21 December 2018 |work= CBC News |publisher= [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://nationalpost.com/news/meet-elon-muskox-yellowknifes-grassy-haired-attraction |title= Meet Elon Muskox – Yellowknife's newest grassy-haired attraction, named after the Tesla CEO |author= Tyler Dawson |date= 21 December 2018 |newspaper= National Post }}</ref>
* [[Centre Square Mall]]: Northewest Territories' largest shopping mall and the tallest building in [[Northern Canada]]. Centre Square Mall contains many shops, the [[Yellowknife Public Library]], and the Yellowknife Visitor Centre.<ref>{{cite web |title=Check out Centre Square Mall's Store Directory in Yellowknife |url=https://www.ykcentresquaremall.com/ |website=Centre Square Mall |access-date=15 October 2022 |archive-date=15 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015204014/https://www.ykcentresquaremall.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Other notable attractions include the [[Ingraham Trail]], local fishing lodges, [[bush plane]] tours, the unique architecture of Old Town with the [[Bush flying|Bush Pilots]] monument, and any of the numerous lakes surrounding Yellowknife, many of which include beaches.

==== Historical sites ====
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* [[Back Bay Cemetery]] – pioneer graveyard, 1938
* [[Bank of Toronto (Yellowknife)|Bank of Toronto]] – log cabin bank, 1944
* [[Canadian Pacific Airlines floatbase]] – Old Town float plane base, 1946
* [[Fireweed Studio]] – Giant Mine log cabin, 1939
* [[Hudson's Bay Warehouse]] – Hudson's Bay Company trading post, 1945
* [[Log School House]] – Yellowknife's first school, 1939
* [[Old Fort Providence]] – first trading post in the region, 1789
* [[Weaver & Devore Trading]] – in operation since 1936
* [[The Wildcat Cafe]] – longest serving restaurant
* [[Yellowknife Post Office|Post Office]] – community post office since 1956
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