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[Once I make sure that the "...put in Google Earth..." function of gigapan.org and I get along for proper placement I will add the panorama to Goggle Earth....]
(c) 2009 George Lessard The home of the N.W.T. Mining Heritage Society - a group that is dedicated to preserving and promoting the mining heritage of the Northwest Territories. The current focus of the group is the preservation of the A-Shaft Area of Giant Mine, located on the outskirts of the territories' capital, Yellowknife. The mine is in the process of closing down after more than 50 years of continuous operation - which is a long time for a gold mine. More at: http://www.pwnhc.ca/nwtminingcentre/ For more information about the town of Yellowknife, please vist http://www.yellowknife.ca GEORGE LESSARD Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 2J1, Canada Yellowknife Land Line # (867) 873-2662 Yellowknife Cell # (867) 445-9193 SKYPE: themediamentor Online Business Card: http://lessardcard.notlong.com E-mail: mediamentor@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com Remove _NO_SPAM_ for use. Home Pages: http://mediamentor.ca My panoramic images http://panoramas-by-george.notlong.com My YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mediamentor Online Activities: http://www.web.ca/~media/index.html Photos: http://photosbygeorge.notlong.com Photo Illustrations: http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/72157603627797568/ Etcetera: http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/459582/ My Public Bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/themediamentor Member: Canadian Association of Journalists http://www.caj.ca Canadian Artists Representation / le Front des artistes canadiennes http://www.carfac.ca/ Canadian Artists Representation Copyright Collective http://www.carcc.ca/ |
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Taken June 27th, 2009
(c) 2009 George Lessard, Photographer This image is available for embeding on your webside or other uses. Please contact me via e-mail at mediamentor@_NO_SPAN_gmail.com Please remove _NO_SPAN_ for use. For more information about the town of Yellowknife, please vist http://www.yellowknife.ca GEORGE LESSARD Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 2J1, Canada Yellowknife Land Line # (867) 873-2662 Yellowknife Cell # (867) 445-9193 SKYPE: themediamentor Online Business Card: http://lessardcard.notlong.com E-mail: mediamentor@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com Remove _NO_SPAM_ for use. Home Pages: http://mediamentor.ca My panoramic images http://panoramas-by-george.notlong.com My YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mediamentor Online Activities: http://www.web.ca/~media/index.html Photos: http://photosbygeorge.notlong.com Photo Illustrations: http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/72157603627797568/ Etcetera: http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/459582/ My Public Bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/themediamentor Member: Canadian Association of Journalists http://www.caj.ca Canadian Artists Representation / le Front des artistes canadiennes http://www.carfac.ca/ Canadian Artists Representation Copyright Collective http://www.carcc.ca/ |
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Here we see Jollife Island in Yellowknife Bay on Great Slave Lake... with the floating bedroom houseboat community... from the Federal Government Dock in Old Town...
For more information about the town of Yellowknife, please vist http://www.yellowknife.ca (c) 2009 George Lessard, Photographer. This image is available forlicence either as a print or as an embed on your website... GEORGE LESSARD 451 Norseman Dr. Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 2J1, Canada Yellowknife Land Line # (867) 873-2662 Yellowknife Cell # (867) 445-9193 SKYPE: themediamentor Online Business Card: http://lessardcard.notlong.com E-mail: mediamentor@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com Remove _NO_SPAM_ for use. Home Pages: http://mediamentor.ca YELLOWKNIFE'S 'WATER SQUATTERS' From: http://www2.canada.com/topics/news/features/arcticambitions/story.html?id=af08a1c8-2e10-4d4f-99bd-646e254f555a [excerpt] A community of about 30 houses built on barges has staked out pieces of Yellowknife Bay and the owners get many of the benefits of city living without the taxes Trish Audette , Canwest News Service Published: Thursday, October 16, 2008 YELLOWKNIFE - Tony Foliot dips his coffee cup into the water of Yellowknife Bay, then takes a sip as he steers his motorboat, eyes on the multi-coloured houses floating at the foot of Jolliffe Island. The water is his highway, his yard and his home. He points out his own house - two storeys, blue with yellow trim - gently bobbing just a few metres from Yellowknife's Old Town. "I built it a little bit at a time, like Johnny Cash," Foliot says. He calls himself a second-generation "water squatter," part of a community that has staked out pieces of the bay for the past three decades. Most of the 30 houses on the bay are built on barges kept afloat on empty fuel tanks welded together. Chains anchor the homes in place, and since they don't touch shore, the squatters don't pay property taxes because they don't own land...." |
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Sambaa Deh Falls Territorial Park is known for its location near two dramatic waterfalls, Sambaa Deh Falls and Coral Falls. The traditional Slavey name for the falls is Sambaa Deh, meaning Trout River. Sambaa Deh was a traditional travel route for fur harvesters (trappers) from around the Trout Lake and River areas. They brought their furs to sell and trade at the Fort of the Forks, now known as Fort Simpson. Traditional Portage routes around the two sets of falls were critical for this movement and existing and reestablished hiking trails follow some of these old portage routes. From http://www.iti.gov.nt.ca/tourismparks/parks/parks/sambaa_deh_falls_territorial_park.shtml Panorama (c) 2009 George Lessard |
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Yellowknife sits on a bay of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada.
For more information about the town of Yellowknife, please vist http://www.yellowknife.ca (c) 2009 George Lessard [Once I make sure that the "...put in Google Earth..." function of gigapan.org and I get along for proper placement I will add the panorama to Goggle Earth....] The home of the N.W.T. Mining Heritage Society - a group that is dedicated to preserving and promoting the mining heritage of the Northwest Territories. The current focus of the group is the preservation of the A-Shaft Area of Giant Mine, located on the outskirts of the territories' capital, Yellowknife. The mine is in the process of closing down after more than 50 years of continuous operation - which is a long time for a gold mine. More at: http://www.pwnhc.ca/nwtminingcentre/ GEORGE LESSARD Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 2J1, Canada Yellowknife Land Line # (867) 873-2662 Yellowknife Cell # (867) 445-9193 SKYPE: themediamentor Online Business Card: http://lessardcard.notlong.com E-mail: mediamentor@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com Remove _NO_SPAM_ for use. Home Pages: http://mediamentor.ca My panoramic images http://panoramas-by-george.notlong.com My YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mediamentor Online Activities: http://www.web.ca/~media/index.html Photos: http://photosbygeorge.notlong.com Photo Illustrations: http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/72157603627797568/ Etcetera: http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/459582/ My Public Bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/themediamentor Member: Canadian Association of Journalists http://www.caj.ca Canadian Artists Representation / le Front des artistes canadiennes http://www.carfac.ca/ Canadian Artists Representation Copyright Collective http://www.carcc.ca/ |
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In the summer of 1999, the Fédération Franco-TéNOise brought together some of the greatest aboriginal, french and english artists to create this monumental sculpture.
Sonny McDonald, Métis from Fort Smith John Sabourin, Dene from Fort Simpson Eli Nasogaluak, Inuvialuk from Tuktoyaktuk Armand Vaillancourt, Québécois from Montréal Chris Ishoj, Canadian from Mansonville. The Cultural Crossroads of Yellowknife, an evolving artistic site, comprises three elements so far: # a copy of a bronze sculpture created by three aboriginal artists (the original, carved in ancient marble at least 2.5 million years old from the banks of Great Slake Lake, is exhibited in the hall of the Legislative Assembly building) # a steel structure based on a dene teepee, created by André Boulanger # a mural composed on 1500 signs and symbols representing life in the Far North, designed by Vaillancourt, Ishoj and Boulanger : hands, paws, animals, circlesmains, pattes, cercle, animaux, etc. The Cultural Crossroads of Yellowknife is a meeting place of the talents of the North and the South, the East and the West. As such, it bears witness to the creative synergies of different cultures working together. Yellowknife has a lot of street art... this is the largest example... see my image at http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/273617583/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/273617469 for more information about this work and http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/72157594296281849/ For more information about the town of Yellowknife, please vist http://www.yellowknife.ca GEORGE LESSARD Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 2J1, Canada Yellowknife Land Line # (867) 873-2662 Yellowknife Cell # (867) 445-9193 SKYPE: themediamentor Online Business Card: http://lessardcard.notlong.com E-mail: mediamentor@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com Remove _NO_SPAM_ for use. Home Pages: http://mediamentor.ca My panoramic images http://panoramas-by-george.notlong.com My YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mediamentor Online Activities: http://www.web.ca/~media/index.html Photos: http://photosbygeorge.notlong.com Photo Illustrations: http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/72157603627797568/ Etcetera: http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/459582/ My Public Bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/themediamentor Member: Canadian Association of Journalists http://www.caj.ca Canadian Artists Representation / le Front des artistes canadiennes http://www.carfac.ca/ Canadian Artists Representation Copyright Collective http://www.carcc.ca/ |
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Evening of June 13 2009
(c) 2009 George Lessard [Once I make sure that the "...put in Google Earth..." function of gigapan.org and I get along for proper placement I will correct the panorama's placement on Goggle Earth....] My first pano with Gigapan... the batteries died... I had beenrunning it before the shoot and there were to many mosquitoes to get more and set up again. Yellowknife's Back Bay from Niven Drive. For more information about the town of Yellowknife, please vist http://www.yellowknife.ca GEORGE LESSARD Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 2J1, Canada Yellowknife Land Line # (867) 873-2662 Yellowknife Cell # (867) 445-9193 SKYPE: themediamentor Online Business Card: http://lessardcard.notlong.com E-mail: mediamentor@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com Remove _NO_SPAM_ for use. Home Pages: http://mediamentor.ca My panoramic images http://panoramas-by-george.notlong.com My YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mediamentor Online Activities: http://www.web.ca/~media/index.html Photos: http://photosbygeorge.notlong.com Photo Illustrations: http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/72157603627797568/ Etcetera: http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/459582/ My Public Bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/themediamentor Member: Canadian Association of Journalists http://www.caj.ca Canadian Artists Representation / le Front des artistes canadiennes http://www.carfac.ca/ Canadian Artists Representation Copyright Collective http://www.carcc.ca/ |
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[Once I make sure that the "...put in Google Earth..." function of gigapan.org and I get along for proper placement I will correct the panorama's placement on Goggle Earth....]
(c) 2009 George Lessard Frame Lake Yellowknife downtown Pano taken from infront of the Co-op on top of the tunnel to the Frame Lake Trail. I took it for the bright buildings with the overcast skyline... with the dark and the clouds... not the lake,,, and as a test making 340 pics on one set of batteries. For more information about the town of Yellowknife, please vist http://www.yellowknife.ca The crop of the tif from the gigipan shoot is here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/3633725019/ GEORGE LESSARD Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 2J1, Canada Yellowknife Land Line # (867) 873-2662 Yellowknife Cell # (867) 445-9193 SKYPE: themediamentor Online Business Card: http://lessardcard.notlong.com E-mail: mediamentor@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com Remove _NO_SPAM_ for use. Home Pages: http://mediamentor.ca My panoramic images http://panoramas-by-george.notlong.com My YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mediamentor Online Activities: http://www.web.ca/~media/index.html Photos: http://photosbygeorge.notlong.com Photo Illustrations: http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/72157603627797568/ Etcetera: http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/459582/ My Public Bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/themediamentor Member: Canadian Association of Journalists http://www.caj.ca Canadian Artists Representation / le Front des artistes canadiennes http://www.carfac.ca/ Canadian Artists Representation Copyright Collective http://www.carcc.ca/ |
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The Great Northern Arts Festival 2009 Gallery Interior
Photo ©2009 George Lessard "... Since 1989, up to 80 visual artists and 40 performers from across the North gather each summer in Inuvik to celebrate the diversity that is Canada's North. They are Inuit, Inuvialuit, Gwich'in, Dene, Metis and many of Canada's additional First Nations, as well as non-Aboriginal artists and artisans; they come from as far away as Pangnirtung on Baffin Island, Gjoa Haven in the Arctic Archipelago, Fort Smith on the NWT/Alberta border, and from the Yukon Territory. They come to show their work, meet other artists, see different styles of work and learn new techniques. The First Great Northern Arts Festival was held in July, 1989. It is an annual event occuring in mid-July and lasts for approximately 10 days. At inception, the festival hosted 35 artists from the Northwest Territories. In the 13th year, the Festival hosted 92 artists from across the Canadian North, as well as 14 musicians and performers, from as far away as Alaska, the Orkney Islands of Scotland, and the Yucatan in Mexico. The unique circumstances of Northern artists cannot be over-emphasized. No other region of Canada is faced with the same challenges in terms of isolation, prohibitive cost of travel to other communities or regions of the country, unavailability of such basic requirements as art supplies, or professional services of photographers for the production and maintenance of portfolios. The list is endless and what is taken for granted in the South, is often unavailable or prohibitively expensive in the North. The Festival has sought to provide Northern artists, as much as possible, with many of the same advantages and experiences enjoyed by their Southern peers. Local visitors and world travellers alike, from Japan, Germany and Denmark, from New York to San Francisco, and Canadians from sea to sea to sea, appreciate the chance to see such a variety and range of talents in one location. Australian visitors to the Festival commented: "This is absolutely fabulous! We have come a long way and would not have missed it for the world." We are planning steadily, fielding calls and receiving applications on a daily basis to help make this another year of success in the Celebration of Northern Arts and Culture. Join over 120 visual and performing artists under the midnight sun at the Great Northern Arts Festival: the premiere visual arts event North of 60°. ..." http://www.gnaf.org/ |
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Igloo Church
Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church Designed by Brother Maurice Larocque and Father Joseph Adam. Two years to build and opened in 1960 For more information about Inuvik NT, please visit http://www.inuvik.ca/ GEORGE LESSARD Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 2J1, Canada Yellowknife Land Line # (867) 873-2662 Yellowknife Cell # (867) 445-9193 SKYPE: themediamentor Online Business Card: http://lessardcard.notlong.com E-mail: mediamentor@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com Remove _NO_SPAM_ for use. Home Pages: http://mediamentor.ca My panoramic images http://panoramas-by-george.notlong.com My YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mediamentor Online Activities: http://www.web.ca/~media/index.html Photos: http://photosbygeorge.notlong.com Photo Illustrations: http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/72157603627797568/ Etcetera: http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/459582/ My Public Bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/themediamentor Member: Canadian Association of Journalists http://www.caj.ca Canadian Artists Representation / le Front des artistes canadiennes http://www.carfac.ca/ Canadian Artists Representation Copyright Collective http://www.carcc.ca/ |