Tourism & Parks

Pontoon Lake Day Use Area

Pontoon Lake - Picnic Site
Picnic site at Pontoon Lake.

Pontoon Lake Day Use Area is one of the many parks strung like beads along the Ingraham Trail. It is located approximately 28 km east of Yellowknife.

The picnic site at Pontoon Lake is very pretty. There are short trails that allow you to get different views of the lake. Come here at different times of the year, to see the changing colours, perhaps even the caribou far out on the lake ice in the middle of winter.

Attractions & Points of Interest:

Nearby attraction is Prelude Lake Territorial Park.

Nearest visitor information centre to the park is Northern Frontier Regional Visitors Centrein Yellowknife.

Park Facilities:

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Boat Launch Day use/Picnic Facilities
Firewood Fishing in Pontoon and other nearby lakes Pets welcome on leash Toilets/Outhouses Trails

Nearest Services:

Golf Course - nearest is Yellowknife. Nearest Gasoline Service is in Yellowknife. Nearest Grocery Service is in Yellowknife.

Nearest Communities:

Yellowknife is 28 km to the west.

Operational Season:
Pontoon Lake Day Use Area is open from May 15th to September 15th . Trails within the park may be accessible on foot outside of those dates, but they will not be maintained clear of snow, and so you enter at your own risk. Services such as toilets and garbage removal are not provided outside the open season.
Contact Information:
For more information about the park, please contact:

Parks & Tourism
PO Box 2668
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2P9
Canada
Phone: (867) 873 7317
Fax : (867) 873 6230
E-mail: North Slave Parks

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