Chan Lake Territorial Park

Bisons along the Yellowknife Highway

Chan Lake Territorial Park is a small territorial park in the Northwest Territories of Canada, one of six such parks on Yellowknife Highway (Hwy #3),[1] and one of 34 parks maintained by the Northwest Territories government under the Territorial Parks Act of 1988.

The park is positioned between the road and the lake, 123 km north of the intersection between the Yellowknife Highway and the Waterfall Highway (Hwy #1),[2] and is located at the north end of the Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary.[3] It provides facilities for people travelling between Fort Providence and Yellowknife.[2] The community nearest to the park is Behchoko (Rae-Edzo).[3]

The park is for day use only, and has picnic tables, pit toilets[2] and a kitchen shelter,[1] designed to afford a sheltered place to light a small cooking fire.[4] Pets are welcome on a leash.[3] It is open during the summer from May 15 to September 15.[3]

Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary is under twenty minutes from the park[3] and bison can be encountered both on the highway[5] and in the park itself.[6] The lake is on the migration path of several birds; ducks, geese, loons, swans,[2] and sandhill cranes[3] may be seen.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Parks and Campgrounds of the Northwest Territories – the Dempster and Off Highway Parks" (PDF). 19 January 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Chan Lake Day Use Area, Northwest Territory, Canada. Hwy #3 Travel Directory". nwteh.com. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Industry, Tourism and Investment - Tourism & Parks - Chan Lake Territorial Park". Government of the Northwest Territories. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Roxanna Thompson (26 August 2012). "Shelter destroyed". Northern News Services Online. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Riding - Edmonton to Yellowknife - NWT Riders Association". nwtra.ca. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  6. ↑ JuergenSchulte. "20100604-22". flickr.com. Retrieved 10 March 2013.

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Coordinates: 61°53′43″N 116°32′13″W / 61.895394°N 116.536961°W / 61.895394; -116.536961

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