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  • 2026-10-08
    A native of Ottawa, William Ogilvie became a Dominion Land Surveyor in 1872. Through his participation in the Canada-Alaska boundary…
  • 2026-10-08
    The discovery of gold on Bonanza Creek in 1896 and the rush to the Klondike in 1897-98 marked the culmination…
  • 2026-10-08
    When it was built in the fall of 1898, the Binet Block stood at the southern end of a business…
  • 2026-10-08
    In the 1920s and 1930s a small number of daring aviators broke the silence of the North. Often flying in…
  • 2026-10-08
    This influential Mackenzie Basin Métis woman is remembered as Catherine, the “old mother of all of us.” She represents a…
  • 2026-10-08
    Ehdaa has been a traditional gathering place for the Dene since long before the arrival of Europeans. In the past,…
  • 2026-10-08
    An integral part of transportation systems in the North, engineered ice roads have strengthened regional economic development, especially in the…
  • 2026-10-08
    “Le Patriarche,” Beaulieu is remembered as a founding father of the Métis of the Northwest Territories. A trading chief and…
  • 2026-10-08
    The meeting of cultures is eloquently represented in the buildings and cemeteries here on the east side of the Hay…
  • 2026-10-08
    The long rapids between here and Fort Fitzgerald are the only obstacle to navigation from Lake Athabasca to the Arctic…