5 seen at Prelude Lake access by Craig Machtans on April 22, 2000 and 3 seen in Yellowknife on Nov.28, 1979 (published in the Blue Jay) (W113 2012.Accessed: Date January 25, 2015); Accidental. Two Rock Pigeons photographed near Hay River in July 2016 (Visniowski 2016) are believed to be the only documented natural occurrence. The closest established breeding population is in Fort McMurray in northern Alberta approximately 500 km to the southeast (eBird 2012). Sirois and McRae (1996) referenced a “small resident population” in Fort Smith, but such a population is no longer extant and no further information is available on it. Birds recorded periodically in Yellowknife are presumed to be local escapes from captivity. References eBird. 2012. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. eBird, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org. (Accessed: 30 October 2016). Sirois, J. and D. McRae. 1996. A Miniguide to a Megaterritory and a Checklist: The Birds of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Second Edition. Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service. Visniowski, G. 2016. Pers. comm.