Culture
A Cold End: Death by Exposure
Last Friday morning, Raymond Simpson, a 43-year-old man from Gamèti, was found dead in the downtown alley between 48th and 49th street. The cause of death has not been determined, and the results of the autopsy are likely months away. However, several people in the street community told EDGEYK.com that he’d frozen to death, and
YK Past Blast: Building the Dome, 1977
Bob Carpenter and artist Abraham Anghik Ruben discuss the geodesic dome that Abe was building at Sammy’s Beach in 1977.
YK Past Blast: Boys on the Beach, 1976
Baseball players take a break for a photo op on Lou’s Beach in Willow Flats. Players include John and Mark Rocher, Guy Sirois, Tim Turner-Davis, Randy Heibert and several Richardson boys.
YK PAST BLAST: Get Us To The Church On Time!
by Fran Hurcomb Woodyard residents Walter Bird, Chubby Robson and Wilfred Smith are all dressed up for John and Roberta Rocher’s wedding in 1987.
YK Past Blast: Hanging fish for dogs, 1982
by Fran Hurcomb Dog musher Lorraine Tees is hanging fish for her dogs in a pen in the Woodyard. Whitefish caught during the fall run in October were routinely hung to dry and could be used all winter.
YK Past Blast: Musher, Jim Essery, 1983
by Fran Hurcomb Musher Jim Essery spins a tale after a race on Grace Lake. Fellow musher Guy Erasmus looks skeptical.
YK Past Blast: The Cardinals, 1984
by Fran Hurcomb Linda, Don and Travis Cardinal dock their boat in the Woodyard on the way to grad ceremonies for daughter Colinda.
YK Past Blast: Government Dock, 1982
by Fran Hurcomb The Government dock in October with all the commercial fishing boats pulled up for the winter.
YK Past Blast: Headframes, 1985
by Fran Hurcomb Yellowknife was sandwiched between two gold mines for decades. In this photo, the Giant headframe is in the foreground and the Con headframe in the background.
Photos: Snowking XX Building Season, Part 4
The women have arrived, the ice walls climb higher, the tractor is busted again
Fishy Business: a day in the life of a Great Slave Lake ice fisherman
You’ve probably seen Shawn Buckley crossing Yellowknife Bay in his odd-looking Bombardier. The beast weighs close to one ton and can hold all the gear he needs. Shawn prefers using his Bombardiers over a snowmobile. “There’s a bigger holding area and I can repair them myself,” he says. “They’re sustainable, they were made for the North; they have 3- to 4-feet skis
YK Past Blast: Old City Hall
NWT Archives/Northwest Territories. Dept. of Information fonds/G-1979-023: 2143 We’re not sure if YK had parking meters in the old days, but if it did, this is where you would have gone to pay your ticket. This old city hall, located at the corner of 50th Street and 51st Avenue (home currently to the parkade entrance of the
YK Past Blast: Canada Day Parade, 1985
by Fran Hurcomb The Polar Bear Swim Club waves to the crowd in the annual Canada Day parade.