Yellowknife
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The fossils will eventually become part of the permanent collection at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
The first project is a roughly 500-mile all-season gravel road in the Northwest Territories, connecting its capital Yellowknife with Inuvik, Canada’s largest town north of the Arctic Circle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
The Northwestern Air plane crashed near Fort Smith, a small town about 740 kilometres south of Yellowknife, north of the Alberta border.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2024
A giant banner with “welcome home” was put up at the road entering Yellowknife to greet the thousands of vehicles that are expected to travel back to the city in the coming days.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
Few men have seen him out of his own country, the far headwaters of the Yellowknife, where he rules like a great overlord.
From The Flaming Forest by James Oliver Curwood
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