Tourism & Parks
Yellowknife River Day Use Area
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Yellowknife River Day Use Area is one of the many parks strung like beads along the Ingraham Trail. It is located approximately 9 km east of Yellowknife. Being so close to Yellowknife, this has always been a popular spot with local people for fishing, picnicking and boating. From here you can canoe or take your power boat either for miles up the river and into the string of lakes that it connects; or downstream into Back Bay and Yellowknife Bay on Great Slave Lake. Or, you can just enjoy a picnic at the park, and fish off the bridge or the rocks. |
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The Yellowknife River is known for having some of the cleanest river water in Canada. The City of Yellowknife draws its water supply from the river just upstream from the park. Nearest visitor information centre to the park is Northern Frontier Regional Visitors Centrein Yellowknife. Nearest campsites to the park are at Fred Henne Park, in Yellowknife; or at Prelude Lake Park, 22 km further along Ingraham Trail to the east. |
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Yellowknife is 9 km to the west. |
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| Operational Season: | Yellowknife River Day Use Area
is open from May 15th to September 15th . The parking
lot & 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. |
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| Contact Information: | For more information about the
park, please contact: |
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