For those who drive to Yellowknife, the last 339 kilometers are on the Yellowknife Highway, Highway 3. To the east of the highway for much of that distance is the Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary. I saw a lot of signs warning about the possibility of bison on the road, but this was the only animal I saw.

This photograph is © 2011 by Murray Lundberg, and is not to be copied without express permission.