Burwash Point
Burwash Point is a cliff in Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories. Burwash Point is situated nearby to Rock Island, as well as near Yellowknife Water Aerodrome.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bank of Toronto and Yellowknife Water Aerodrome.
Bank of Toronto
Heritage site
Photo: Arctic.gnome, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bank of Toronto is a historic cabin located in Old Town, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The log cabin was constructed in 1939 by John Stakson, an expert log builder, in the commercial district of the Yellowknife community for use as a residence. Bank of Toronto is situated 1¼ km west of Burwash Point.
Yellowknife Water Aerodrome
Aerodrome
Photo: Dger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yellowknife Water Aerodrome is an aerodrome adjacent to the "old town" section of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada on both Back Bay and East Bay of Great Slave Lake.
Back Bay Cemetery
Heritage site
Photo: Four‘18’, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Back Bay Cemetery, the original cemetery in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, is located on Back Bay, a section of Yellowknife Bay on Great Slave Lake. Back Bay Cemetery is situated 2½ km west of Burwash Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yellowknife and Dettah.
Yellowknife
Photo: Sharingknowledge, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yellowknife is the capital city of the Northwest Territories, on the North Arm of Great Slave Lake, on Yellowknife Bay. Yellowknife is the main entry point for visitors to NWT.
Dettah
Village
Photo: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dettah, sometimes spelled incorrectly as Detah, is a First Nations community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Located just southeast of the capital of Yellowknife, it is a 6.5 km drive from that city by ice road across the north arm of Great Slave Lake in winter or a 27 km drive via the Ingraham Trail, year-round. Dettah is situated 6 km south of Burwash Point.
Burwash Point
- Type: Cliff
- Category: landform
- Location: Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
62.46771° or 62° 28′ 4″ northLongitude
-114.31938° or 114° 19′ 10″ westOpen location code
95J7FM9J+36OpenStreetMap ID
node 1202722016OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliff
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