Canada - Northwest Territories (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet

It’s difficult to imagine that there are still places as empty as the Northwest Territories. A vast swathe of boreal forest and arctic tundra, it is a potent combo of epic, accessible terrain and singular aboriginal culture.

Canada - Northwest Territories (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet

- pack two spare tires and a capacious camera memory for the gob-smacking Dempster Highway

- rent a kayak and float on Great Slave Lake amid technicolor houseboats and barnstorming floatplanes

- J-stroke past gorgeous hot springs and gorging bears in the paddlers’ paradise of Nahanni National Park Reserve

Coverage includes: When to Go, Yellowknife & around, Ingraham Trail, North Slave, Highway 3, Fort Providence, South Slave, Mackenzie Highway, Hay River, Fort Smith, Wood Buffalo National Park, Deh Cho, Mackenzie Highway, Fort Simpson, Nahanni National Park Reserve, Liard Trail, Sahtu, Norman Wells, Western Arctic, Inuvik, Tuktoyaktuk, Tuktut Nogait National Park, Banks Island.

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