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The Northwest Territories
Stretching from the 60th parallel up to the
Beaufort Sea in the north, the Northwest
Territories offer the adventurous traveller a
deeply rewarding experience. The capital city,
Yellowknife, is situated on the Great Slave
Lake, at the heart of Canada’s diamond
mines. To the north, across a landscape of lakes
and stunted forests, lies the Great Bear Lake
whilst westwards the Mackenzie Mountains
form a natural border with the Yukon.
Perhaps the greatest jewel is Nahanni
National Park, where the challenging rapids
of the South Nahanni River have dug gorges
deeper than the Grand Canyon and created
waterfalls twice as high as Niagara Falls
through a wild and dramatic landscape:
surely one of the finest wilderness areas in
North America. The territory has excellent,
accessible wildlife viewing that includes herds
of wild bison in Wood Buffalo National Park
and caribou, moose and bears as well as
nights that dance with the lights of the Aurora
Borealis. Running northwards flows the
mighty Mackenzie River, in whose delta lies
the settlement of Inuvik which is home to the
famous igloo church, July’s Great Northern
(Inuit) Arts Festival and the town that marks
the end of the epic Dempster Highway.
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