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Whitehorse
Whitehorse stands on the Yukon River as a staging point for northern adventures: museums on Gold Rush history, aurora viewing, dog‑sled tours, river paddling and access to hiking and fishing wilderness.
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Dawson City
Gold-rush vapor still hangs over Dawson City: wooden sidewalks, preserved saloons, riverboats on the Yukon and amateur prospectors.
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Yellowknife
On Great Slave Lake’s edge, Yellowknife draws aurora hunters, fly-in fishing trips, and Indigenous Dene craft.
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Inuvik
Deep in the Arctic, Inuvik serves as a supply hub and cultural centre: see the Igloo Church, attend Indigenous festivals, chase the midnight sun in summer or northern lights in winter.
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Iqaluit
Air travel drops you onto packed gravel and an arctic horizon.
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Mount Logan
In Yukon’s St. Elias range, Mount Logan is Canada’s highest peak with extensive glaciers in Kluane National Park.
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Baffin Island
Nunavut’s Baffin Island offers fjords, icefields, Inuit communities and Auyuittuq National Park; expedition cruises and trekking trips bring visitors for polar wildlife, glaciers and Arctic summer light.
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Hay River, Northwest Territories
Hay River nests on Great Slave Lake with charter fishing, fly-out lodges and Dene cultural centers; winter brings ice roads and aurora displays, summer offers long golden evenings over the water.
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Northern Canada at a Glance
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Population
118,160
Best Things to Do in Northern Canada
National Park
Nahanni National Park Reserve
Remote Canadian park with dramatic canyons and waterfalls
Island
Baffin Island
Arctic Canadian island with fjords and Inuit communities
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Ellesmere Island
Canada's northernmost large island with polar wilderness
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Victoria Island
Large Arctic island in Canada's north, sparse population
Islands
Arctic Archipelago
Vast Canadian Arctic archipelago of remote islands and ice
Lake
Grand lac des Esclaves
Large subarctic lake in Northwest Territories, Canada
Mountain
Mount Logan
Canada's highest peak in Yukon, heavily glaciated
Lake
Great Bear Lake
Large subarctic lake; Canada's largest wholly inland lake
Island
Banks Island
Arctic Canadian island with tundra and polar bears
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Devon Island
World's largest uninhabited Arctic island used for research
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Melville Island (Northwest Territories and Nunavut)
Large Arctic island with rugged tundra and coasts
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Axel Heiberg Island
Remote Arctic Canadian island with glaciers and fossils
