Chan Lake Territorial Park is a small territorial park in the Northwest Territories of Canada, one of six such parks on the Yellowknife Highway (Hwy #3)[1] and one of 34 parks maintained by the Northwest Territories government under the Territorial Parks Act of 1988.
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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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edit- ^ a b "Parks and Campgrounds of the Northwest Territories – the Dempster and Off Highway Parks" (PDF). 19 January 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d "Chan Lake Day Use Area, Northwest Territory, Canada. Hwy #3 Travel Directory". nwteh.com. 18 October 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f "Industry, Tourism and Investment - Tourism & Parks - Chan Lake Territorial Park". Government of the Northwest Territories. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ Roxanna Thompson (26 August 2012). "Shelter destroyed". Northern News Services Online. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ "Riding - Edmonton to Yellowknife - NWT Riders Association". nwtra.ca. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ JuergenSchulte. "20100604-22". flickr.com. Retrieved 10 March 2013.