Bush Pilots Monument — Attraction in Yellowknife

A good focus to walk to for children in old town. The collection of local flowers in the community garden are great examples. The view from the top worth checking out. One can see the house boats, Joliffe Island, and much of Yellowknife.

Try walking a circle route by parking before reaching the Hill, walking up the hill, up to monument, then down the monument, into the trees area across the street onto a path. Walk down the hill until you come out to the bridge where Wiley and MacDonald meet. Turn right to go along MacDonald and walk back along MacDonald to look at the glass works street.

My kids enjoyed climbing up and down the rocks to the top instead of the stairs. Perfectly safe for younger kids on the right of stairs (as looking at hill) and not the left where rock is steeper and on larger exposed sheets.

The flowers in the community garden across street also had a good collection of wild bees. I counted 1 hive variety and 3 or 4 types of...

Bush Pilots Monument is "the landmark of Yellowknife" you must visit. Climbing to the top of "The Rock", you stand at the intersection between the historical Old Town and the later-developed downtown, viewing the past and the present Yellowknife in all its glory. The vast and beautiful Great Slave Lake lies before your eyes. If you're lucky, you can watch the floatplanes take off or land on the water. The island across from you is Jolliffe Island, with many cool floating houses.

I do think such a great vantage point should be better maintained. The garbage can doesn't seem to be emptied for a long time, and wastes are flying everywhere which affects the photography. There is also vandalism/graffiti which ruins the monument and the scenery. It can also be cold...

This place is just cool, the history and the location are so interesting. And the view is something else! There are a bunch of different plaques around the monument area telling you about the history and what you're looking at.

It's not accessible at all, you do have to climb a whole bunch of stairs to get up there but that's pretty understandable given the location. There is some seating if you wanted to just sit there and enjoy the view for a bit or maybe do some sketching. Certainly a good place...