Downtown
Downtown is a quarter in Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories. Downtown is situated nearby to the quarter School Draw, as well as near the neighborhood Tin Can Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Yellowknife Post Office and Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre.
Yellowknife Post Office
Post office
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Post Office building for Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, serving the X1A postal codes, is located at the southwest corner of 49th Street and Franklin Avenue.
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
Museum
Photo: WinterCity296, Public domain.
The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre is the Government of the Northwest Territories' museum and archives. Located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, the PWNHC acquires and manages objects and archival materials that represent the cultures…
Log School House
Historic building
Photo: Arctic.gnome, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The first building used as a school in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, is currently located on Franklin Avenue at the south end of New Town, the city's downtown section.
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
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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 southeast of Downtown.
Downtown
- Type: Quarter
- Category: locality
- Location: Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
62.45418° or 62° 27′ 15″ northLongitude
-114.37049° or 114° 22′ 14″ westOpen location code
95J7FJ3H+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 9170180253OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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