North of 60 – Yellowknife and the Waterfalls Route

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Flying into Yellowknife you see how sparsely populated the north is – even this southern part of the north. There are small lakes everywhere, which seem to occupy about half the land but few signs of people.  Even though it is the largest city in the NWT it seems smaller than it’s population of 20,000 and you can pretty well walk from any of the hotels to the old town and the new brew pub called the Woodyard which also has great food.  The museum (Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre) is fabulous and also has a great cafe.  The restaurants are fun and serve fresh fish from Great Slave Lake.

Okay, this is how far our guest blogger made it on her description of Yellowknife and our southern NWT road trip. So instead, here are some waterfall photos:

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Louise Falls
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Alexandra Falls
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McNallie Creek Falls
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Lady Evelyn Falls
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Cameron River Ramparts Waterfalls
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Cameron Falls

And some wildlife photos:

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40+ Fun things to do in Tulita

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Written by Joyce, our Guest Blogger, who recently spent 3 weeks visiting us in Tulita.

  • learn how to play video games

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  • assist in fleshing a bear skin

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  • participate in D&D role playing and characters (Dungeons and Dragons – for the uncool uninitiated)

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  • challenge your hosts to various board games – count on losing

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  • do jigsaw puzzles

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  • sit back and read about Canada’s North, or for the bookclub

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  • walk along the beach every chance you get – fabulous, no matter what the weather!

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  • take photos of Bear Rock – beautiful, no matter what the weather!

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  • photograph the wildlife at the dump

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  • create art from driftwood, grasses and/or beach rocks

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  • enjoy CBC – with local news about the north and Dene language broadcasts

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  • go to boot camp, and think of excuses not to go to boot camp

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  • join the sewing circle and benefit from the Elders’ advice

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  • throw a line in the Great Bear River close to where it meets the Mackenzie

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  • struggle with filleting Maciek’s freshly caught northern pike and relish the taste

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  • enjoy stimulating conversations

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  • wave at every car and quad that passes you

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  • help harvest potatoes

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  • hitch a ride with friends on a quad

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  • pick bog cranberries and learn what walking in a bog is actually like

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  • nap

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  • try to figure out how to spell the soft lovely sound a raven makes when it flies closely over your head (and double it when there are two…..)

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  • enjoy views of the mighty Mackenzie

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  • learn how to make and knead pizza and bagel dough and how to cook them from scratch
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  • learn how to shoot a gun

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  • Gasp at the prices at the Northern grocery store and BJ Services

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  • visit Faye’s office, see photos of Naats’ihch’oh park, and see all the critters who get caught on the wildlife camera

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  • take a tour of the town to the end of the road

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  • watch movies or a great series like Handmaid’s Tale

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  • marvel at the muckiness of mud

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  • throw a stick for Ali (Faye’s boss’ dog), and throw it again and again and again…..

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  • get a violin lesson from Faye and Maciek – on a blue violin
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  • harvest veggies from the garden

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  • marvel at the magic of the aurora borealis!

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  • watch the miracle of beer birth, burping included, and tasting too!

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  • cook something with star anise

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  • find a moose jaw – and bring it home to someone you love

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  • enjoy a place where love lives

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  • admire Tulita’s fashion scene

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  • enjoy Faye and Maciek’s friends

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  • be inspired — write a blog