GigaPans

[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...

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.

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451 Norseman Dr.
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
X1A 2J1, Canada
Yellowknife Land Lin...

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 ...

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 movemen...

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...

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:
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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.

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The Liard River at its confluence with the Mackenzie River at Fort Simpson NWT, Canada
For more information on Fort Simpson, see http://www.fortsimpson.com/

(c) 2009 George Lessar
Frame Lake Yellowknife downtown Pano taken from in front 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 visit http://www.yellowknife.ca
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