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Place Name
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Yellowknife
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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N.W.T., Canada, Fort Smith region
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Population
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15,179 (1991)
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Location
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Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
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Latitude
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62°27'N
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Longitude
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114°21'W
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Yellowknife
, city (1991 pop. 15,179),  N.W.T., Canada,
Fort Smith region, on N shore of Great Slave L. at the mouth of the
Yellowknife R.; 62°27'N 114°21'W. It is the largest city in the
N.W.T. and a mining, supply, and transportation center, with an
airport, radio and meteorological stations, a post of the Royal Can.
Mounted Police, and regional offices of other federal
agencies. The city has grown with increased mining and with the
assumption of functions previously administered by the federal govt.
The town was founded (1935) after the discovery of rich deposits of
gold. Another mine was discovered in 1944 and a new townsite was
established the next year. The city, named after a Native Amer. tribe,
became capital of the N.W.T. in 1967.
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