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Caribou Carnival 2010: The Dog Sledding Race

Posted on20. Mar, 2010 by Shane.

On March 19 – a Dog Sledding race helped kick off the first day of the Caribou Carnival that has been held in Yellowknife every March or April since 1955. According to the Caribou Carnival website the event began as “an annual gathering of trappers” who [...]

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Dog Sledding in Yellowknife, April 5, 2008

Posted on05. Apr, 2008 by Shane.

Today we went out with our friends Ken, Heidi-Ann and Kim on a -26 degree celcius icy adventure with Becks Kennels dog sleds (http://www.beckskennels.com/). This was a northern experience that I would recommend to anyone visiting Yellowknife in the winter. But you better hold on tight because these little dogs can run [...]