By 1996, Canada’s first diamond mine was under construction in the Northwest Territories, and by this time, 25 donors had quietly built a $66,000 capital fund for the Yellowknife Community Fund. #YKHistory #NorthernLegacy
Yellowknife in 1991 was a city of gold on the tundra's edge, shaped by over 50 years of mining history. But a new discovery was about to put it on the world stage—diamonds. It was in this changing landscape that the idea for the Yellowknife Community Foundation was born. #YKHistory #Diamonds
