Three roads less travelled in the great wild North

From historic landmarks and traditional communities to adventurous diversions and wildlife-filled preserves, the three summer road trips stops explored here all foster a true appreciation of Canada’s genuinely untamed northern wilderness.Handout

Fort McPherson, a 175-year-old Mackenzie Delta trading post and National Historic Site, is often the first stop for northbound motorists who have crossed the Arctic Circle. The collision of cultures here is enthralling, with the Nitainlaii Visitor Centre delivering a fascinating introduction to local Gwich’in customs and a tiny Anglican graveyard providing the final resting place of the Lost Patrol, a Northwest Mounted Police unit that perished here in the winter of 1911.

Turning back to Quebec, the Isle de Perroquets sanctuary provides a platform and viewing scope for spotting puffins on the rugged coastline explored by Jacques Cartier in 1534. A little further along the highway in Rivière-Saint-Paul, the Whiteley Museum celebrates the invention of the cod trap. Turning sideways to inch along a gravelly ledge, we pick our way toward a smooth finger of granite being sideswiped by the churning South Nahanni River. Stopping just short of Virginia Falls’ final plunge, we check our footing, turn to our nodding, smiling tour guide and take turns snapping selfies that prove exponentially rarer and more daring than anything we could capture atop Niagara Falls.

Linking the Mackenzie, Liard and Alaska highways, this epic loop is named after the Mackenzie River, which is known as the Deh Cho, or “big river” in the Slavey language. It typically takes at least a week to complete by car, with towns and villages such as High Level, Alta., Hay River, NWT, Dawson Creek, B.C., and Fort St. John, B.C., offering roadside lodging and dining along the way.

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