What is Yellowknife, Northwest Territories?
[[Image:Northern Lights at Yellowknife.jpg|thumb|180px|left|The Northern Lights over Yellowknife]] [[Image:Downtown Yellowknife 2 second version.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Downtown Yellowknife.]] '''Yellowknife''' (2021 population: 20,340) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] city. It is the capital of the [[Northwest Territories]] of Canada. It is located on the north shore of [[Great Slave Lake]]. The city used to be a [[mining]] town until the 1980's. On August 16, 2023, the city of Yellowknife had to evacuate because of the [[2023 Canadian wildfires|growing wildfires]] near the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-wildfire-emergency-update-august-16-1.6938756|accessdate=August 18, 2023|title=Yellowknife begins evacuation as wildfires approach|publisher=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.yellowknife.ca/Page11.aspx Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831113702/http://www.yellowknife.ca/Page11.aspx |date=2009-08-31 }} {{Canada capitals}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Cities in Canada]] [[Category:Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada]] [[Category:Settlements in the Northwest Territories]] {{multistub|Geo|Canada}}