To the north, the Beaulieu , Hoarfrost and Lockhart also drain into Great Slave Lake. They vary in difficulty, but all are accessible from Yellowknife. The Cameron and Yellowknife Rivers feature road access, boat launches and campgrounds, and planned itineraries are available. The Thelon winds through tundra dotted with islands of spruce to Baker Lake, west of Hudson Bay. Sandy eskers provide easy hiking and elevated viewpoints.
Wildlife includes muskox, caribou, wolves, and many nesting and migratory birds.
The South Nahanni River is one of Canada's premier canoeing and rafting rivers. The lower part flows through Nahanni National Park, and offers superb scenery, thrilling whitewater, and splendid hikes up side canyons into the mountains. The river thunders over Virginia Falls in a cataract that attracts photographers from all over the world. It flows through alpine tundra and boreal forest to the Mackenzie River above the Sans Sault Rapids. Rising in the sparse spruce forest at Colville Lake, the Anderson River flows north through scenic tundra to the arctic coast, east of Tuktoyaktuk.