Day Use Area
Day Use Area is a recreation area in Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories. Day Use Area is situated nearby to the airport terminal Air Tindi Ltd, as well as near Yellowknife Airport Terminal.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre and Back Bay Cemetery.
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 3 km southeast of Day Use Area.
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 3 km east of Day Use Area.
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 3½ km southeast of Day Use Area.
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 9 km southeast of Day Use Area.
Day Use Area
- Type: Recreation area
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
62.47172° or 62° 28′ 18″ northLongitude
-114.42583° or 114° 25′ 33″ westOpen location code
95J7FHCF+MMOpenStreetMap ID
way 978769341OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=recreation_ground
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