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| Northwest Territories Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Brock Canon Brock Canon Taylor Chilton Anytime is a good time to visit the Northwest Territories (NWT). The long days of summer allow a variety of activities. Spring is ideal for trips to the edge of the ice flow, and various activities in the snow. Autumn and winter are the time to experience the amazing Northern Lights. |
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| The lakes and rivers of the territory have large stocks of prize fish. The famous Nahnanni National Park is a beautiful mountain reserve. There is a new national park at Tuktut Nogait, which is a haven for wildlife including caribou, muskoxen and birds of prey. There are several archaeological sites including Auvalik which existed over 3000 years ago. Yellowknife is the capital and has air connections to the major Canadian cities and to destinations throughout the territories. There are numerous outfitters and tour operators who will help you to enhance your visit. ________Sights Edit This Brock Canon Brock Canon Taylor Chilton [Add Sight] Auvalik National Park Edit This x You want to experience Canada's wilderness? Visit Auvalik National Park to truly appreciate the beauty of the wilds. Auvalik National Park is 12,000 kilometers of totally undeveloped wilderness. If you want to fully appreciate the outdoors, travel through the park on the Thomsen River via canoe or raft. For a narrated on-line video tour of the park, visit Auvalik National Park. type: Parks World66 rating: [rate it] Tuktut Nogait National Park Edit This Brock Canon Brock Canon photo by: Taylor Chilton The Tuktut Nogait National Park was established to protect the calving grounds of the Bluenose caribou herd. The park also contains the highest density of birds of prey in North America. For more information on this park, including an illustrated tour of the park, visit Tuktut Nogait National Park. type: Parks World66 rating: [rate it] Nahanni National Park Edit This Nahanni National Park was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1978. The park features the wilderness surrounding the South Nahanni river and contains hotsprings, tundra, mountains and a tremendous diversity of wildlife. For a narrated on-line video tour of the park, visit Nahanni National Park. type: Parks World66 rating: [rate it] Wood Buffalo National Park Edit This Wood Buffalo National Park encompasses an area greater than Switzerland. This park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. The park contains a large, self-regulating bison herd and protects the only natural nesting ground of the whooping crane. The park spans the Alberta / Northwest Territories border and is accessed by driving along the Mackenzie Highway 5. Highway 5 is a hard-packed gravel road, as are most of the highways in the Northwest Territories. An open highway cannot be guaranteed in some winter months, so it would be a good idea to check local road more.. type: Hotspots World66 rating: [rate it] :::::::::Fort Smith Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see One of the many relics of the WW II "Canoil" pipeline project at the Muesum One of the many relics of the WW II "Canoil" pipeline project at the Muesum George Lessard 60°00'N, 111°58' W Fort Smith is where one finds the headquarters of Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada's largest and oldest National Park. There are four locations in town where you can get internet access for free. 1) The Mary Kaeser Public Library right next to the town hall on Fort Smith's main drag, McDougal Street. It is open afternoons and evenings. 2) The Fort Smith Recreation Centre which is easy to find because it is also the tourism information centre and there are those "?" signs point your way to it along the main streets. It is open 7 days a week and evenings 3) Aurora College's library... again easy to find because there are signs around town showing you how to find it. 8:30 am to 9 pm every day except Sindays from Noon to 9pm. 4) Uncle Gabe's Frienship Centre also had free internet access available, but is a little more difficuld to find.... ask anyone how to get there... This site is open most weekday evenings. _________Sights Edit This One of the many relics of the WW II "Canoil" pipeline project at the Muesum One of the many relics of the WW II "Canoil" pipeline project at the Muesum George Lessard Here are a few places you can see in Fort Smith. Contributors January 22, 2005 new by mediamentor (1 point) August 21, 2006 change by giorgio [Add Sight] Northern Life Muesum, Fort Smith Edit This One of the many relics of the WW II "Canoil" pipeline project at the Muesum One of the many relics of the WW II "Canoil" pipeline project at the Muesum photo by: George Lessard A few pictures of the second largest museum in the Northest Territories Curator of Collections Northern Life Muesum Fort Smith, NT Phone: 867-872-2859 Fax: 867-872-5808 type: Palaces World66 rating: [rate it] zipcode: X0E 0P0 address: Fort Smith, NT, Canada url: www.flickr.com tel: 867-872-2859 Slave River Rapids at Fort Smith Edit This Called the best kayaking rapids in North America by those who know. These are pics of the Mountain Portage Rapids and the Rapids of the Drowned on the Slave River. type: Palaces World66 rating: [rate it] url: www.flickr.com ::::::::::::Inuvik Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Inuvik (the most northern point in the North American road system) is at the end of the Dempster Highway, which is accessible from the southern terminus of the road in beautiful Dawson City. Inuvik appears to be, largely, a community of hard working people. In the summer you can check out the Great Northern Arts Festival or charter a flight to Tuktoyuktuk to share a meal with a local family and go swimming in the Arctic Ocean. Inuvik has free internet access at the Centennial Library. ________Getting There Edit This Inuvik is accessible by car using the Dempster Highway (Rt. 5) out of Dawson City, Yukon Territory. It is a 417 mile road. Be sure to start your drive to Inuvik at the visitors center in Dawson. There is important information you'll want to have regarding supplies and warnings you'll want to be aware of before driving to Inuvik. For example, the Dempster Highway is largely a gravel road. Not your typical garden gravel. We're talking railroad gravel. 45 mph/72 kph is the recommended speed limit. Any faster and your tires tend to hurl it into oncoming traffic, not to mention that tires will pierce at faster speeds on this stuff. Other recommendations include spare gas, spare tires and a very serious willingness to accept having a cracked windshield at the end of your journey. Get glass coverage on your car before you go - you'll think back on this advice fondly. The Dempster Highway is an absolutely amazing stretch of road covering hundreds of miles of arctic tundra. Wild horses, eagles, a little bit of snow on the ground in July (although temps are reasonably warm), the midnight sun... You'll be crossing from Yukon to Northwest Territories as well as the Arctic Circle. On your way back down to Dawson, be sure to get your "official" certificate at the midway point on the Dempster Highway, declaring that you successfully crossed the Arctic Circle. The mid-point on the Dempster is something you'll want to research. Although you can do the whole road in a single day, it's a lot more fun to stop at the half-way point at Eagle Plains. It's the only place you'll find between Dawson and Inuvik, so plan to gas up, use the bathroom, get a tire fixed and possibly even stay the night. If you think you're interested in staying the night, be sure to make reservations well in advance. Also - if traveling in the summer, ask to stay in a room on the shady side (the east side of the building). With the midnight sun, rooms on the west side tend to be very warm. Also - listen for the ravens in the parking lot! |