Five national parks provide trails for hiking and other facilities. Sandy hills known as 'eskers' offer easy hiking with good viewpoints. More challenging hiking can be found on the Canol Heritage Trail , through mountains and valleys to the Yukon. In midsummer the light lasts all night, and the landscape takes on a surreal quality. Fishing on the thousands of clear, unpolluted lakes is a very popular sport.
Chief catches are trout, great northern pike and grayling.
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