Another wonderful Northwest Territories Park. Home to Alexandra and Louise Falls and a terrific campground with large sites and great hiking and the soothing sound of waterfalls as you sleep. Campground: Twin Falls Territorial ParkLocation: In the Northwest Territories just north of Alberta on the MacKenzie Highway and south of
Continue readingReid Lake Territorial Park – Northwest Territories
The last territorial park you will pass heading east along the Ingraham Trail is Reid Lake Territorial Park. A beautiful park on the lake. If you go on a weekend in summer make sure you have a reservation as it gets full from all the locals in Yellowknife. Don’t camp
Continue readingDriving the Ingraham Trail – Northwest Territories
The Ingraham Trail, also known as Highway 4, extends east from Yellowknife all the way to Tibbitt Lake, about 70 kilometers. It is also known as the “Road to Resources” into the interior of the Arctic. There are a number of recreational activities along the trail with many lakes, territorial
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Touring Yellowknife! Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories and is located on the northern shore of the Great Slave Lake. It sits about 250 miles south of the Arctic Circle and has a population of approximately 20,000 people. Even though it gets quite cold in the winter it
Continue readingBug Suits – A must for bug country
Hard to head north without a supply of bug clothes. As a matter of fact I guess you could say the same about the southeast United States. Oh well, whatever, when you have lots of insects and want to spend a lot of time outdoors then Bug Suits are your
Continue readingFred Henne Territorial Park – Northwest Territories
A great place to stay while touring around Yellowknife! Lots of nice large sites! But it does fill up. The dump and the fresh water were broken when we were there. OK, now what? No one seemed to know where we could get any water. So, we drove around town
Continue readingDriving to Yellowknife along the MacKenzie Highway
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.
Continue readingLady 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”
Continue readingBlackstone Territorial Park – Northwest Territories
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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