Got to check out a few of the waterfalls on the way to Hay River on the Waterfall Hwy. Well worth the time but it did make our arrival to Hay River a late one. Or an early one depending on how you look at it. Simply put, we arrived at around 5 AM instead of 10 PM. But now we are in Hay River. And when in Hay River we wanted to see Slave Lake. So why wait we went and found it at 5 AM.
Access to Slave Lake is limited in NWT as there are only a few places by vehicle where you can pull up close to its shores. One access point to the lake is south of Yellowknife in the North Arm Park. We visited the park and we took a dip in the lake.. Brrr.
The other access point is in Hay River on the south side of the lake. First thing I wanted to do was scoop up some sand from the lake just to say I did it. Already been in the lake.. so we did not need to go there again.
Here is a picture when we arrived at Slave Lake in the morning. Daylight picture in the corner.