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The Mighty Mackenzie River

Mackenzie River escarpmentThe Mackenzie River is one of the great rivers of the world. Starting at Great Slave Lake, it curls north and heads straight to the Arctic Ocean, lying for most of its journey along the feet of the Rocky Mountains.

Follow one adventurer’s trip up the Highway of the North at http://www.acts.org/roland/mackenzie/

NWT Arctic Tourism’s River Report for the Mackenzie can be found at http://www.explorenwt.ca/08_resources/northLibrary.asp#TRIP REPORTS

For a little more on Sir Alexander Mackenzie and his travels, visit the Alexander Mackenzie Voyageur Route Association at http://www.amvr.org/