Getting to Yellowknife
Yellowknife, the capital city of the Northwest Territories, is located on the north shore of Great Slave Lake about 500 kilometres from the Arctic Circle.
Flying into Yellowknife
Daily scheduled airline flights serve Yellowknife and connect to all major Canadian and many U.S. cities.
Four Canadian airlines, Air Canada, WestJet; First Air and Canadian North, operate scheduled service on the following routes:
- Edmonton -Yellowknife
- Calgary - Yellowknife
- Ottawa - Iqaluit - Rankin Inlet - Yellowknife
- Montreal - Iqaluit - Rankin - Yellowknife
- Winnipeg - Edmonton - Yellowknife
- Vancouver - Yellowknife
Driving Directions to Yellowknife
If you're driving from Edmonton, the total distance is 1,524 kilometres (945 miles) on paved highway. From Edmonton link to the Mackenzie Highway, which leads to the Northwest Territories border, and then travel on to Yellowknife via Fort Providence.
For information about Yellowknife and the Northwest Territories, visit the Northern Frontier Regional Visitors Centre online at www.northernfrontier.com or NWT Arctic Tourism at www.nwttravel.nt.ca
There are various car ferries on the highways around the Northwest Territories. Information on highway and ferry conditions is available on-line at www.dot.gov.nt.ca or by calling 1-800-661-0750.