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
Subjects:
geo
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7939/R3C824G92
https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/8fe5ccea-f2ae-428b-9a7b-4ac3e44bc653
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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.