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A Photo trip on Great Slave Lake

I have come to think one of the things I miss the most about Yellowknife and the north is the lakes. I don’t think I could live next to an ocean, but a fresh water lake I’m all over. I never realized how nice it was to be able to just drive down into Old Town and be right on the shore of Great Slave Lake. There is history down there and there is this peace that comes over me when we set out on the water.

I think space may have something to do with it. There are so many lakes around Yellowknife, it is easy to escape everyone else. Sure you may come across another boat in your favourite fishing spot, but if you go a bay over you will still catch amazing fish. There is nothing like it.

My time in Yellowknife this summer was short, about a week. I’ll miss it, but I was able to get out on the Lake once. Here are some photos of the afternoon.

Boating on Great Slave Lake
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If there isn’t a gallery of photos above, someone let me know asap.

Fort St John Social Media Day

I’m am disappointed to say that Fort St John is not celebrating Social Media Day. It was something I really wanted to head up and get something going, but unfortunately on this day, June 30, 2011, I am actually driving back from Yellowknife to Fort St John.

Social Media Day is a day when over 1300 communities across the world get together with themselves offline. The people within these communities get to meet each other, they connect, they talk, they enjoy each others time. According to Mashable Social Media Day is a day to celebrate Media becoming Social.

Just because we are missing Social Media Day doesn’t mean we can’t ramp up our Social Community in Fort St John. I would like to see us become even more of an online community than we already are. Since I’m sure most of the people who will read this are already participating on Twitter and Facebook, I want you, over the next week, to get someone you know on Twitter. Show them how it works and show them why it can actually beneficial to them.

By next year I want Fort St John to celebrate Social Media Day like we should!

Social Media Day

Photos of the Drive to Yellowknife

Well with my last day in Yellowknife coming up fast I thought I should get around to sharing the photos I took on my way north. The drive was pretty smooth and enjoyable, you can watch the videos here and here.

The weather was really nice for most of the trip expect for in Enterprise where it was raining and there between Fort Providence and Rae where it was smokey.

Drive North
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New 60th Parallel NWT Border Sign

If you have driven in or out of the Northwest Territories lately you would have noticed that the NWT Border sign has changed. So far I have actually heard a lot of mixed reviews. Some people really don’t like it.

Personally I like it, although I’m not sure where the green colour comes from. I have never seen it used in NWT branding before, but whatever. I feel this sign looks modern and edgy. It appears to give a fresh impression of what the NWT has to offer.

I wish I still had a picture of the old one somewhere so we could compare. It felt very 80’s and had been written on so much it started to look dirty. I’m happy with the change. What do you think? Want to visit the NWT?

NWT Border

NWT Border

NWT Border