Pick a style, any style

Back to the Niven Lake subdivision, with its array of houses: Some are innovative; others are butt ugly; all are pricey. What's interesting is how this subdivision reflects so many styles. No cookie cutter approach here, not even with the prefab modular houses that come in two parts. From the top left: 1) a modern teepee; 2) this one reminds me of a maritime home; 3)two ultra modern styles; 4) this smaller suburban house is on sale for $519,000; 5)half of a double wide will soon be plonked down on the rock and connected to its other half and 6)what a double wide can look like when it's pieced together and prettied up. Apparently, the owners of the first big homes that sprang up around the lake weren't thrilled when the prefabs started to show up.

A City of Contrasts

Trailers are a common type of housing in Yellowknife, and some now fetch a quarter of a million dollars. Many morph into houses, with additions either above, below or beside the original mobile home.
This looks like two houses, but an addition, complete with arched window, has been added at the back. Rows of these trailers, modified or not, co-exist with newer housing. Just around the corner from this place is a crescent with such monster homes as the one below.

Both homes are located in the Range Lake area, near where I'm staying in the 'burbs. It's at the opposite end of Old Town where I find the architecture far more interesting. But I will say this: every house is different in the suburbs here.

There's definitely no cookie cutter approach: row housing, trailers and giant single family homes co-exist. The home to the left backs onto Range Lake.

I went in search of the trail that goes around Range Lake, but could only find an entry point between two houses.
It's so weird because the lake is right behind Tim Horton's, Mark's Work Wearhouse, PetroCan, etc. Once you leave the strip, it's very peaceful. Yellowknife is clearly a city of sharp contrasts.