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Northern Lights Viewing Northwest Territories
The lights have been around since the earth formed its atmosphere and the times of dinosaurs and early man. But they are only viewable beneath the Auroral Oval, a continuous oval-zone of energy-charged particles that encircle the magnetic North Pole....read more
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National Parks Northwest Territories
National Parks Overview Tuktuk National Park
Nahanni National Park Wood Buffalo National Park
Aulavik National Park A Brief History NWT
Feature National Park Northwest Territories
Nahanni National Park Reserve protects a portion of the Mackenzie Mountains Natural Region offering the adventurous visitor a wilderness experience. A key feature of the park is the Naha Dehé. Four great canyons line this spectacular whitewater river...read more
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The Great Canadian Adventure Company
The Great Canadian Adventure Company provides the ability to completely plan an unforgettable wilderness adventure vacation to your specifications anywhere throughout Canada. From sea kayaking, flyfishing and horseback pack trips in the summer, to dogsledding, snowmobiling and downhill skiing in the winter, we can make your adventure dream a reality. Call our office today, toll free in North
America at: 1 888 285 1676 or contact us @info@adventures.com . To browse our entire catalog visit adventures.com.
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 ADVENTURES TERRITORIES CANADA
The Spectacular Northwest Territories is a region of immense size and variety. This territory is host to the mighty MacKenzie Mountains, the magnificent Nahanni National Park Re-
serve and Wood Buffalo National Park, home of Canada's largest free-roaming bison herd.
World famous fishing lodges dot the spectacular region of the Northwest Territories. Most lakes are fly-in only, but offer all the comforts of home. If you prefer a more rustic adventure, try one of the fishing camps, where you go at your own pace without a guide. But don't worry, there is plenty of advice on what the big ones are biting and where to find them. Lodge based trips to view the northern lights or aurora borealis are also popular. Great rivers run through the Northwest Territories and you may choose one of our arctic canoeing or rafting expedtions.
Wilderness Canoeing, Rafting & Kayaking
 Mighty rivers surge through canyons and swirl over rapids, drawing canoeists and rafters to the Canadian North. For your next vacation, raft or canoe through the untamed wilderness of Nahanni National Park. Nahanni National Park is one of the most spectacular parks in the world and known for its amazing waterfalls and pristine canyons. Arctic rivers offer a chance to canoe or kayak through the tundra and view wildlife such as caribou and muksox. And kayakers can enjoy paddling the
deep blue waters of Great Slave Lake....more info

Fly In Wilderness Lodge
 As the premier remote fly-in lodge and conference centre in the Northwest Territories, this lodge is dedicated to service. Guests and conference groups take advantage of privacy and solitude to get their work done, yet have a full service facility that provides for leisure needs. Guests from around the world take in the splendour of the great Canadian Taiga all year long. This is the only full season lodge and conference centre in the vicinity of Great Slave Lake. Only twenty minutes away from Yellowknife, NWT by bush plane, the lodge and conference centre is ideally situated for anyone.....more info

Northern Lights Viewing
 Come experience the wonders of the aurora borealis or the northern lights in the Canadian wilderness. The northern lights, as the aurora borealis is also known, are a luminous display, alive with shimmering colors that dance across the dark sky The lights have been around since the earth formed its atmosphere and the times of dinosaurs and early man. But they are only viewable beneath the Auroral Oval, a continuous oval-zone of energy-charged particles that encircle the magnetic North Pole. The Aurora borealis display is at its very best and most intense, in the Northwest Territories...more info

Arctic Expeditions
 Join us in our romance with the High Arctic on one of our northern snowmobiling expeditions. Snowmobile with professional Inuvialuit guides across Canada's frozen Barrens and Arctic islands. Be an "Explorateur et Exploratrice d'Arctique", and follow in the footsteps of the adventurers from the 1800s searching for the NorthWest Passage. Sleep in an igloo, embrace the full moon, dance with the Aurora Borealis, walk with: muskox, caribou, wolves. Breathe in deeply...and experience the clean air, and the stark never ending beauty of the Arctic expanse. More of the gifts you will enjoy: Polar deserts, brilliant aurora, 3 hour sunsets, ancient Thule Inuit sites, sometimes polar bear, always friendly people...more info

Kayaking Great Slave Lake
 Great Slave Lake is one of the largest and deepest lakes in the world. The East Arm is bounded by spectacular red granite cliffs and magical coves, offering a paddler's paradise. Paddle the Canadian Shield country on this kayaking trip on Great Slave Lake. This paddling trip takes place at the head of the 200 km long east arm of Great Slave Lake, Canada's third largest freshwater lake. The East Arm is bounded by spectacular red granite cliffs and magical coves, offering a paddler's paradise. Located on the northern edge of the boreal forest, this area is the traditional homeland of the First Nations Dene people...more info

Canoeing Adventure Horton River
 Come and canoe down mainland Canada's most northerly river, the Horton River. This canoeing journey will take you through some of the most remote areas on earth. The Horton River, a large but gentle river, flows through the tundra as it winds northward to the Arctic coast. You will have a chance to hike the Smoking Hills, paddle through the barrenlands and scan the Arctic coast for beluga whales. Wildlife watching is a highlight of this trip, and expect to see caribou, muskoxen, wolves, grizzlies and a variety of birds along the way....more info

Arctic Canoeing & Rafting Expeditions NWT
 An exceptional river adventure on the famous Nahanni River. The Nahanni area is the first "World Heritage Site", named by the United Nations in 1979. True wilderness canoeing with highlights such as Virginia Falls. Come on a canoeing adventure of a lifetime on the remote and beautiful rivers flowing over rolling tundra, through rocky gorges and sparse treeline forest. These custom trips allow you to design a trip suited to your preferences, skills and budget. The rivers of the Northwest Territories are true wilderness canoe routes with some of the best wildlife viewing in North America. Destinations can include boreal forest rivers such as the Yellowknife, Snowdrift, Taltson, Cameron or Beaulieu. Choose a trip below.
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Wilderness canoeing trip on the Nahanni River
Location: Nahanni River

Whitewater canoeing trip on the Nahanni River
Location: Nahanni River


Whitewater canoeing trip on the Nahanni River
Location: Nahanni River


Two week canoeing trip on the Nahanni River
Location: Nahanni National Park


Canoeing & hiking adventure on the Nahanni River
Location: Nahanni National Park


One week canoeing trip down the Nahanni
Location: Nahanni River


12 day canoeing adventure on the Nahanni River
Location: Nahanni National Park


Do-it-yourself canoeing excursions in the arctic
Location: Northwest Territories


Kayaking the Thomsen River on Banks Island
Location: Banks Island


Wilderness raft trip on the Nahanni River
Location: Nahanni National Park


Kayaking the east arm of Great Slave Lake
Location: Great Slave Lake


One week raft trip down the Nahanni River
Location: Nahanni River


12 day raft trip adventure on the Nahanni River
Location: Nahanni National Park

  Northern Lights
What is the Aurora?
The sun gives off high-energy charged particles (also called ions) that travel out into space at speeds of 300 to 1200 kilometres per second. A cloud of such particles is called a plasma. The stream of plasma coming from the sun is known as the solar wind. As the solar wind interacts with the edge of the earth's magnetic field
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  National Parks
Wood Buffalo National Park, at 44,807 km2, Wood Buffalo National Park is Canada's largest national park and one of the largest in the world. It was established in 1922 to protect the last remaining herds of bison in northern Canada. Today, it protects an outstanding and representative example of Canada's Northern Boreal Plains.
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  Go Back in Time
The present-day territory was created in 1870, when the Hudson's Bay Company transferred Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory to the government of Canada. This immense region comprised all of modern Canada except British Columbia, the coast of the Great Lakes, the Saint Lawrence River valley and the southern third of Quebec,
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