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Yellowknife Waterfront
Great Slave Lake waterfront in Canada's Diamond Capital — Old Town island waterfront estates, Niven Lake premium residences, Kam Lake shoreline properties, and Dettah Road lakefront homes on one of the world's deepest lakes.
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Great Slave Lake waterfront estates in Old Town, Niven Lake premium residences, Kam Lake shoreline properties, and Dettah Road lakefront homes in Yellowknife.
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Yellowknife waterfront properties — your questions answered
What waterfront types exist in Yellowknife?
Great Slave Lake — the world's deepest lake in the western hemisphere at 614 metres — borders Yellowknife's south and east. Old Town sits on a rocky peninsula jutting into the lake. Frame Lake is a smaller urban lake in the city's centre. The Back River and Yellowknife River north of the city offer wilderness waterfront.
What is unique about Yellowknife's Old Town waterfront?
Old Town is Yellowknife's original settlement — built on rocky outcrops, connected by wooden boardwalks, with floating houses on the bay, converted gold mine buildings, and some of the most dramatic aurora-viewing positions in the world. Properties here are genuinely irreplaceable and rarely come to market. A floating home in Old Town Bay can sell for $350,000–$700,000.
What are Yellowknife's floating homes?
Yellowknife has North America's largest freshwater floating home community — dozens of residential houseboats on Great Slave Lake's Old Town Bay. The homes are fully residential, connected to city services by ramp (some seasonally), and range from modest cabins to custom-built floating residences with modern amenities. They freeze into the ice each winter.
What water activities does Great Slave Lake support?
Great Slave Lake offers world-class lake trout and northern pike fishing — including trophy fish above 20 kg. The lake is used for floatplane access across the NWT. Ice fishing in winter, kayaking and sailing in summer, and powerboat access to the East Arm (one of Canada's most remote and spectacular lake environments) define the Yellowknife waterfront lifestyle.