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NWT parks and campgrounds begin opening May 13

Beginning May 13, Northwest Territories parks and campgrounds will start opening.
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NWT Parks and campgrounds are set to start opening May 13, with the North and South Slave opening up first. Photo courtesy of Pixabay

Beginning May 13, Northwest Territories parks and campgrounds will start opening.

Online reservations are being accepted for the Prelude Lake campground as of Tuesday, April 5 at 10 a.m.; for the Reid Lake campground as of Wednesday, April 6 at 10 a.m.; for the Fred Henne campground as of Thursday, April 7 at 10 a.m.; and for all other campgrounds as of Friday, April 8 at 10:00 a.m.

Online reservations can be done here.Campsites at the following campgrounds are not available for booking through the online reservation system, but can be booked on a first come, first served basis at the gatehouse: Nataiinlaii Territorial Park; Gwich’in Territorial Park — Vadzaih Van Tshik Campground; Gwich’in Territorial Park — Gwich’in Territorial Park Campground; and Little Buffalo River Crossing Territorial Park.

Official opening dates for campgrounds by NWT region are as follows: in the North and South Slave — May 13; MacKinnon Territorial Park in the Sahtu — May 15; Beaufort Delta — May 19; and campgrounds in the Dehcho — May 20. Blackstone Territorial Park is the exception in the Dehcho as it opens June 3.