Summer in Yellowknife starts in June, and by the summer solstice on June 21, our summer activities are in full swing. On the longest day of the year, we celebrate with summer festivities such as a midnight sun golf tournament and a day-long tribute to Indigenous culture and peoples. By June, shorts and sandals have replaced parkas and boots and everyone is outside, paying homage to the sun at midnight.

Yellowknife has a summer to rival almost any in Canada, and here are some of our local's favourite things to do:

Thanks to Yellowknife's prime spot below the auroral oval, our community is the best place in the North, and the world, to view the Northern Lights. If your goal is to see a dazzling Aurora Borealis show, with the lights spiralling all around you, Yellowknife is the place to see it! You'll be picking your jaw off of the ground when you leave, with a memorable story and photos to show your friends and family. 

Yellowknife is perched on the shore of one of the largest and deepest lakes in the world – a lake renowned for its trophy-sized lake trout and great northern pike.

But that’s not all.  Dozens of smaller lakes accessible from Yellowknife also offer excellent fishing and Yellowknife is the starting point for many fly-in fishing lodges, usually the only lodge on a lake at least 10 miles long.