Yellowknife Bay | Life in the Knife

Snowking XVI Winter Festival (Ice Castle) in Yellowknife

Posted on13. Mar, 2011 by Shane.

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(March 13, 2011) – It was the perfect weekend for visiting the annual 31 day long Snowking XVI Winter Festival in Yellowknife. This is the 16th year that the Ice Castle has been built out on the thick ice of Great Slave Lake and inside and outside of its frozen [...]

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VIDEO: Kitesurfing in Yellowknife on Great Slave Lake

Posted on24. Jan, 2010 by Shane.

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Check out the video above of Kitesurfing (aka. kiteboarding) in Yellowknife on Great Slave Lake. This day of kitesurfing was captured on April 9, 2009 using a Sony DSC-H9 Camera with Full HD capabilities. It was a cloudy but perfect day with great conditions for kitesurfing too. The wind was [...]

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Kitesurfing at -36 Degrees Celsius in Yellowknife

Posted on24. Jan, 2010 by Shane.

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In Yellowknife, the winters are long. And sometimes they are a lot longer than others, which requires Yellowknifer’s to get a little creative with what they do to stay in shape and to distract themselves from the cold isolation. This has naturally resulted in some interesting and fun recreational [...]

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Dog Walking in Yellowknife (via the Ice Road)

Posted on24. Jan, 2010 by Shane.

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Have a dog? Do you need to walk it? Is it really really cold outside? Well look no further than the ICE ROAD between Yellowknife and Dettah! These Yellowknife folks have found a novel and easy way to walk their dogs at -36 degrees Celsius. And the dogs seem to [...]

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Houseboat Living on Yellowknife Bay

Posted on20. Sep, 2009 by Shane.

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The idea of living in a houseboat on Yellowknife Bay seems like a great way to get away from urban living. You are less likely to be disturbed by loud partying neighbours, there are no property taxes, you can catch your next meal right outside your front door, your neighbours dog cannot poop [...]

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A view from Pilot’s Monument in Yellowknife

Posted on30. Aug, 2009 by Shane.

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When nearing the end of summer in Yellowknife – finding ways to enjoy the last bits and pieces of the sun can become an obsession. So today I decided to mountain bike over to the Pilot’s Monument in Yellowknife to spend an hour soaking up the remaining summer sun and enjoy the great panoramic [...]

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Mountain Biking Tin Can Hill in Yellowknife

Posted on17. Aug, 2009 by Shane.

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Mountain Biking in Yellowknife has been great this summer! And today’s mountain bike trip to Tin Can Hill and ending at Negus Point in Yellowknife was no exception. Tin Can Hill offered us a variety of riding terrains from tree root covered dirt trails, loose gravel back roads, shield rock formations, soft muskeg, steep [...]

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Mountain Biking Yellowknife’s Latham Island, the Old Town and N’dilo

Posted on10. Jun, 2009 by Shane.

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Despite cool winds and the beginning of the monster bug season – there is no better way than to see Yellowknife then to go mountain biking in Yellowknife. Therefore Troy, Dave and I decided to make (what was) a 2 hour mountain biking trip through the oldest part of Yellowknife. We visited [...]