Blachford in the News

CTV Travel Show "Valerie Pringle has left the building" travel show featured Yellowknife, the Aurora and Blachford Lake Lodge, in 2007. Valerie traveled by dog team, went ice fishing with Blachford owner Mike Freeland and landed among thousands of caribou on her bush plane flight back to Yellowknife.

Diana Krall

Celebrated the release of Diana Krall's Christmas Songs in 2007 with a contest featuring a Grand Prize of a Polar Bear Diamond engraved with a personal message, round trip flights to romantic Blachford Lake Lodge, and a private tour of the Polar Bear Diamond Cutting and Polishing Facility in Yellowknife.

Winter Ice in the Canadian Arctic

The "Rare in Nature: Diamonds of the Canadian Arctic" initiative creates and presents exciting new diamond travel opportunities; fuels the growth of skilled diamond trades in Canada’s North; and invites diamond lovers to discover the exceptional diamonds and talented people of Canada’s Northwest Territories. For further information, please visit the Winter Ice in the Canadian Arctic website.

Blachford Lake Lodge was named Operator of the Year by Northwest Territories Tourism in 2006. The honour is given to a tourism operation providing exceptional service and dedication to the highest standards of tourism hospitality.

Blachford Lake Lodge was featured in the March 2005 - February 2006 edition of Pure Canada, the Canadian Tourism Commission's travel/lifestyle magazine. Click here for a PDF version of the article.

Many photographers, professional as well as amateur, have made Blachford the backdrop for their award winning photos of the Auroras. National Geographic did a special at Blachford in 2001. You can see their photos and article here.