Yellowknife River

View of the Yellowknife River about 10 km upstream of the mouth

The Yellowknife River is a 250 km long river in the Canadian territory of Northwest Territories. The river has a southern direction of flow and drained a number of small and medium-sized lakes before flowing in the district capital of Yellowknife in the Great Slave Lake. In properous Lake him the Cameron River flows from east to. The Highway 4 crosses the Yellowknife River at its mouth.

He got his name - as the city at its mouth - from the Yellowknives, a First Nation tribe that lived before the opening of the North West Company in the area.

In the summer months the water is increasingly used for tourism whitewater kayaking and canoeing, especially walking.