The Northwest Territories is a land of superlatives — Great Bear Lake, Great Slave Lake, the Mackenzie River, and a silence so deep it has texture.
The Northwest Territories is a land of superlatives — Great Bear Lake, Great Slave Lake, the Mackenzie River, and a silence so deep it has texture. Yellowknife sits on the Canadian Shield, diamonds in the ground and aurora in the sky.
The NWT is mostly water and boreal forest, with tundra in the far north. Wood Buffalo National Park — shared with Alberta — is Canada's largest park. The Mackenzie Delta is a maze of channels where the great river meets the Arctic Ocean.
The NWT recognizes more official languages than any other jurisdiction in the Americas — a reflection of its Dene, Métis, and Inuvialuit communities. Yellowknife is a diverse, creative capital built on gold, then diamonds, then northern grit.
In summer, the sun barely sets. Paddle Great Slave Lake at 11pm in full daylight. The water is cold and impossibly clear. Time loses its grip.
