# Anyone been to Yellowknife, NWT?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 24, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-to-yellowknife-nwt/632450 "2012-08-24T03:32:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-to-yellowknife-nwt/632450/21 "2012-09-14T21:17:58Z")

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I don’t recall seeing any beaches on the Yellowknife side, but the Hay River side has a nice one that we visited. I have to think there are all kinds of recreation going on on the Great Slave Lake - it’s an inland ocean, basically.

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**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-to-yellowknife-nwt/632450/22 "2012-09-14T22:19:31Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Didn’t get to the Wildcat, but it’s still there. What’s the Franklin Ave roller coaster, **Spoons**? haven’t seen any reference to it?

It’s what a local called it when I visited. I was a little puzzled by his reference until I drove it myself.

As you drive Franklin Avenue from downtown to Old Town, the road is not flat. It’s not bumpy either, but it does go up and down a series of gentle hills. Even at the speed limit, it’s a little like riding a roller coaster. Whee!

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-to-yellowknife-nwt/632450/23 "2012-09-15T01:25:19Z")

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Going home and tried to post some photos to Flickr, but had some trouble with the Calgary airport wi-fi. Will try when I’m home.

In the meantime I’m in the Molson bar at the airport, watching to see if the Bombers can pull it together agains the Stamps - so far the answer is “no”.

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