Pilots' Monument, Yellowknife -- photograph ...

Historic marker on Pilots' Monument ('The Rock') in the Old Town area of Yellowknife, NT. The Monument is a high point that originally held the town water tanks but is now dedicated to the bush pilots and air engineers. In summer the monument has a signal light on top that flashes whe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seale, Linda N.
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta Library 2011
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.7939/r3c824g92
https://ualberta.scholaris.ca/handle/123456789/4749
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Summary:Historic marker on Pilots' Monument ('The Rock') in the Old Town area of Yellowknife, NT. The Monument is a high point that originally held the town water tanks but is now dedicated to the bush pilots and air engineers. In summer the monument has a signal light on top that flashes when a float plane is about to land on the adjacent channel, indicating that boat traffic should move aside. Photograph taken January 2011. ...