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Officials issued evacuation orders for Yellowknife and the nearby First Nations communities of Ndilo and Dettah. The scale of the evacuation is the largest Canada has undertaken in what is already ...
Northwest Territories also hit by latest outbreak of drought-inspired summer blazes
The number of evacuees at the time was higher than 1,000, as the SPSA was not supporting individuals who evacuated of their own accord or who made separate housing plans. [90] Many residents in Deschambault Lake evacuated in mid-May. [92] Evacuees from Île-à-la-Crosse and Buffalo Narrows received assistance from the University of Regina. [92]
Yellowknife from Back Bay. In the 1930s, the area was home to a number of prospectors. The following year, Johnny Baker returned as part of a larger crew to develop the previous gold finds and search for more. Gold was found on the east side of Yellowknife Bay in 1934 and the short-lived Burwash Mine was developed.
Thousands have evacuated, and homes have been destroyed as several Southern California wildfires rage out of control. The largest, the #PalisadesFire , has burned nearly 3,000 acres so far. https ...
Yellowknife Fire Division is a full-time fire department located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada with full-time firefighters. [3] The department was established in February 1943. [ 1 ] Their staff consists of a fire chief, two deputy chiefs, and thirty-six full-time members, composed of four captains, four lieutenants and twenty ...
The video was recorded by Sierra Wright, who told Storyful she made the video after she and friend pulled over on the side of the road. Watch the terrifying rockslide.
The Tibbitt to Contwoyto Ice Road follows part of the original road that was cleared to the Tundra Mine in 1960–1961 by John Denison. This road began at Discovery Mine which was already connected to Yellowknife by ice road up the Yellowknife River and swung east to Gordon Lake, heading north up Drybones, Lockhart and Mackay Lakes where the Tundra Mine was located.