Sir John Franklin High School
École Sir John Franklin High School is a high school in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, operated by Yellowknife Education District No. 1. The school is named for the explorer Sir John Franklin.Photo: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: School
- Description: school in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Also known as: “Ecole Sir John Franklin High School” and “École Sir John Franklin High School”
- Address: 4701 52nd Avenue, Yellowknife
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Yellowknife Post Office is situated 540 metres northwest of Sir John Franklin High School.
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… Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre is situated 1 km northwest of Sir John Franklin High School.
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. Log School House is situated 750 metres west of Sir John Franklin High School.
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 5 km southeast of Sir John Franklin High School.
Sir John Franklin High School
- Categories: high school and education
- Location: Northwest Territories, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.45229° or 62° 27′ 8″ northLongitude
-114.36217° or 114° 21′ 44″ westOperator
Yellowknife Education District No. 1Open location code
95J7FJ2Q+W4OpenStreetMap ID
way 900016252OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q7527784
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Sir John Franklin High School” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Sir John Franklin High School”
- French: “École Sir John Franklin”
- Hebrew: “תיכון סר ג’ון פרנקלין”
- Swedish: “Sir John Franklin High School”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include NACC Theatre and Sir John Franklin High School Playing Field.
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