Mackenzie River Delta
Mackenzie Delta
Canada's largest river delta. A maze of channels and lakes surrounds Inuvik, and you can explore it by boat or small plane.
Before it empties into the Beaufort Sea, the Mackenzie River splits into countless channels, forming a delta of about 13,000 square kilometres. It is home to muskrats, moose, beluga whales and migratory birds. Inuvik sits beside the East Channel. In summer, you can join a boat tour from the town dock to watch riverbank permafrost collapse, see Indigenous fishing and hunting camps, or take a small plane over the lake networks and ice-wedge polygons. Coordinates refer to the town dock. Book boat tours and flights in advance.
Opening hours
Summer boat tours; sightseeing flights year-round
Nearby sights
- Ingamo Hall Friendship Centre
- Inuvik Utilidors
- Midnight Sun Mosque
- Our Lady of Victory (Igloo) Church
- Inuvik Community Greenhouse
- Western Arctic Regional Visitor Centre
- Boot Lake
- Jàk Territorial Park