Weather
In our experience, the weather in the north is not unlike weather in Ontario. Normally daytime temperatures can range from 20° C (70° F) to 30° C (90° F). The weather is usually dry and sunny, with daylight lasting 22 to 24 hours. Nighttime temperatures relate to how warm it has been during the day where expectation can be that if it is 20° C (70° F) during that day, it could be fairly cool at night. Typically, the days are warm and sunny and the nights are pleasant. The general climate is dry, with warm, sunny days, in which temperatures can reach 35°C (95F).
Weather is what you get; climate is what you expect is an old saying that shows how unpredictable the weather can really be. Over the course of eighteen years, Canoe North Adventures has had less than a handful of trips where the weather has been either rainy or cold. For this reason, we recommend you prepare for uncertain weather since cold spells and high winds can occur.
Global warming has meant that particular temperature is warmer, much warmer. Most of Canada has seen warming, but the greatest warming has been in the northwest part of the country up to perhaps as much as two degrees Celsius on average over the last 50 years.
Featured Adventures
- Tischu River
Our exploratory trip on the Tischu River, a tributary of the Keele River
News & Events
- Fall Newsletter November 2011
We have just posted our 2012 Expedition Program and you will see that we have offered two new winter trips including an ice-road adventure to Norman Wells! We are very excited to be offering a Coppermine River Adventure – this was my first ever arctic canoe trip when I was just 18 years old! Other [...]
- Celebrate Sahtu
On July 23rd, The Town of Norman Wells, North-Wright Airways and Canoe North Adventures will host a celebration that will showcase the wilderness of the Sahtu Region and recognize the collaboration of effort to brand the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories as a tourism destination with national and international recognition. This event will highlight the [...]
- Great Bear River Exploration
This past summer, Lin Ward, Susan Casson, Matt Casson and Karl Schiefer checked out the Great Bear River. North-Wright Airways flew them into the First Nation community of Deline on Great Bear Lake. Once canoes were loaded they only paddled a short distance out to a camp right on Great Bear Lake. Karl and Matt [...]
- The 2010 Operator of the Year Award for the Northwest Territories
The award was presented to Al and Lin by the Minister of Tourism at the Northwest Territories Tourism Gala Dinner held in Inuvik on Thursday, November 25th…
- Our Outfitting Centre
It has been a long-standing dream of Canoe North Adventures …
- The Redstone River Exploratory Expedition
The Redstone River is unique in that…
- Canol Heritage Trail Exploratory Hike, 2009
At Canoe North, we are always intrigued with the prospect of a grand adventure…
- Ice Road
The trip took eight days and the last two days …
- Exploratory Trips
In 2009, we are planning two more exploratory trips…
- New Air Services and Canoeing Base for CNA, 2009
at the North-Wright Airways float base in Norman Wells…
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