RVing in the Northwest Territories
With vast wilderness areas, abundant wildlife and a strong heritage, Canada's Northwest Territories is nothing short of amazing. RVing in the Northwest Territories is one of the many ways to discover this unspoiled region of rugged beauty. Whether you choose to visit the area's many national parks, heritage sites or explore the wild backcountry, you are destined to have a memorable adventure RVing in the Northwest Territories.
Northwest Territories
The Dempster awaits
Canada's Northwest Territories is a land of extremes, with rugged wilderness ranging from boggy lowlands to towering mountains, rolling tundra to boreal forests.
Northwest Territories
Larger than life
A spectacularly huge and enormous experience awaits in the great North.
Northwest Territories
Explore N.W.T. history
National parks, territorial parks, visitor's centres, heritage rivers, magnificent waterfalls and Canadian historical sites provide ample opportunity for discovering the colourful heritage of the Northwest Territories.
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Spectacular road trips
There’s spectacular wildlife, waterfalls and arctic scenery on the highways of the Northwest Territories. You’ll spot wood buffalo, northern relatives of plains bison, grazing right beside the road along the Mackenzie route. Sandhill cranes and eagles are common, and at Fort Smith, drive in to Wood Buffalo Park, or picnic along the Slave River, where pelicans nest in the rapids.
On the Waterfalls route, which links Alberta and British Columbia, explore six spectacular waterfalls. Fish at some, wade or swim at others. There are fossils in the river beds, eagles and waterfowl on the ponds and streams, and moose, black bear, and wood bison in the area. RVers are welcome at well-maintained government campgrounds. At Fort Simpson, at the western end of the Waterfalls route, hop a charter for an air tour of spectacular Nahanni National Park
The Frontier route to Yellowknife, the Northwest Territories’ Capital, is paved all the way from Alberta. Explore Hay River, a port on the shore of Great Slave Lake. Then catch a free ferry across the kilometer-wide Mackenzie River, and shop for crafts in Fort Providence. You drive through a buffalo sanctuary and circle the western end of one of the largest lakes in the world. Yellowknife has big city services, and a charming frontier spirit with many fishing and sightseeing options
.The most spectacular highway in the North runs from Dawson City, Yukon to Inuvik in the Mackenzie Delta. The Dempster Highway crosses scenic mountains, an Arctic plain, the Arctic Circle and a river delta about the size of Prince Edward Island. At Inuvik, don’t miss an aerial tour of the Delta, and a trip to Tuktoyaktuk to dip your toe in the Arctic Ocean.
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