Yellowknife soon became the centre of economic activity in the NWT, and became the capital of the Northwest Territories in 1967. As gold production began to wane, Yellowknife shifted from being a mining town to being a centre of government services in the 1980s. However, with the discovery of diamonds north of Yellowknife in 1991, this shift has begun to reverse. Sources used: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107386.html http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/np-pn/intro_e.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff_National_Park#Geography http://www.greatcanadianparks.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Fraser http://www.canadians.ca/r.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowknife http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Canada
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