Fires, buffalo, and ferries! The north is known for its huge wildfires during their hot dry summers. I mean HUGE, bigger than people in the lower 48 can imagine or comprehend. As we were driving along the MacKenzie Highway we could see and smell smoke from a long distance away.
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Lady Evelyn Falls Territorial Park – Northwest Territories
Campground: Lady Evelyn Falls Territorial Park Location: Kakisa, Northwest Territories Services: Dry camp Comments: If you love falls, this is the place. There was only one other camper there when we visited and they left early in the morning. That meant we were the only ones around for miles and
Continue readingSambaa Deh Territorial Park – Northwest Territories
We stopped by the falls for the day en route to our next destination. We had a hike over to the falls and a nice picnic lunch. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been”
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A slice of heaven in the middle of nowhere. Close to Nahanni National Park Reserve with over 7 million acres and home to over 500 grizzly bears. Nahanni Park is only accessible by boat or float plane/helicopter. Many wilderness adventures depart from Lindberg Landing which is only 3 kilometers from
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What a great place to visit. Nice museum, nice parks, and beautiful, isolated, and part of the real wilderness. A great general store. The roads were fine. A few weeks earlier the roads were impassable but the crews worked hard and fast to grade them and get them drivable. We
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