More than a dozen remote N.W.T. tourism operators are set to welcome guests from out-of-territory this summer as the industry looks to build back up after a lost year.
N.W.T. readies for Canadian wilderness tourists, as more flexible self-isolation rules kick in
More than a dozen remote N.W.T. tourism operators are set to welcome guests from out-of-territory this summer as the industry looks to build back up after a lost year.
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Posted: Jun 03, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: June 3
A base camp in the Mackenzie Mountains, used by Harold Grinde, the owner of Gana River Outfitters. Grinde says the location is a trade secret.(Submitted by Harold Grinde)
December 11, 2020
On a cold night among the formidable glaciated peaks of the Waddington Range on the western edge of B.C., I watched a faint light rise in the sky to the north. I naively assumed it was the glow of a distant city, not a prelude to one of nature’s greatest shows. But then the northern lights began to dance above the expanse of mountains before me. I was awestruck. Although I did not know it on that night 20 years ago, that event and my month travelling through the province’s Coast Mountains and along the rivers they sustain sparked a fascination with mountains, and ultimately a research career, that has taken me to mountain ranges all over the world, including the Himalayas, Andes and Alps. To this day, I am humbled by what I encounter in, and learn about, high places.