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ARNICA INN CAPITAL SUITES CHATEAU NOVA HOTEL COAST FRASER TOWER www.arnicainn.com www.capitalsuites.ca AND SUITES SUITE HOTEL 43 rooms 53 one and two www.chateaunova.com www.coasthotels.com bedroom suites 80 rooms including suites 58 suites

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01. The Northern Lights 03. Amazing Wildlife 04. The Midnight Sun GEORGE FISCHER | NWT TOURISM TERRY PARKER | NWT TOURISM

05. The Cultural Events 06. Outdoor Adventures DAVE BROSHA | NWT TOURISM DAVE BROSHA | NWT TOURISM DAVE BROSHA | NWT TOURISM DAVE BROSHA | NWT TOURISM

07. The Modern Facilities 08. Forged Friendships 09. All That You Learned 10. Endless Smiles

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Planning your next conference or event in the Northwest conference or event. Your options are endless: from day trips by Territories is simply one of the best decisions you’ll boat or air, to short walking excursions to lakeside lodges that ever make. Not only will you have chosen a unique and cater to your every need. spectacular location, you will be putting yourself in the competent hands of experienced professionals. Northwest Territories Tourism offers a wealth of services to visitors and the travel industry alike. Our staff at Northwest Territories Tourism can help you plan your event by suggesting venues and locations as well as pre and We have detailed visitors’ guides that provide background post conference activities. We’ll put you in touch with conference information on the land, the people and culture of this remarkable specialists who can coordinate the organizational details – place as well as the most up-to-date listing of hotels, restaurants everything from flight arrangements to hotels and equipment and tours available in each location. For further information bookings. Tour operators offer an incredible array of sightseeing contact: [email protected] and adventure packages that can add a special dimension to your

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The whole point of going to a conference is to alter your In the colder months the night sky pulses with the greatest surroundings. To remove yourself from everyday, automated show on earth – Aurora Borealis (The Northern Lights). In the routines and awaken your minds to new possibilities. Welcome summer, the daylight hours extend pretty much around the to the last place anyone would expect. clock, and the accompanying energy boost will keep you at the top of your game. The NWT is one of the most pure places on earth. Filled with an abundance of wildlife, large and small, from grizzlies From wilderness lodges to hotels and B&Bs, our professional and bison to finches and lemmings. It’s where bush planes staff will help you discover a location and arrange activities. and waterways count as transportation first and recreation We’ll share the best-kept secrets of the land and give you a second. And where breathing the air is enough to convince northern experience that will live on, and on. you that even the best part of your business can still get better. (Seriously)

Winter at Blachford Lake Lodge and Conference Centre. BLACHFORD LAKE LODGE

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Enodah Wilderness Travel Ltd Accommodations for your meetings, • wireless Internet • licensed Lounge workshops, and team-building • new Facilities • Hot Tub (summer) activities. • Private Baths • open Year Round

Box 2382, Yellowknife, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, X1A 2P8, Canada, Ph. 867-873-4334, Fax. 867-873-3825, E-mail. [email protected]

YELLOWKNIFETM THE DIAMOND CAPITAL OF NORTH AMERICA

For 50 to 500 delegates, Yellowknife, capital of the Northwest Territories is the ideal locale. Six hotels offer over 500 rooms, plus there are motels, apartment hotels and cozy bed and breakfast establishments to choose from. Rates vary from $125 to $225 per night for a hotel room. Discount rates for conference attendees are available. Bed and breakfast suites range from $70 to $110 per night.

Nurtured by gold and now blessed with diamonds, Yellowknife, a small, wonderfully livable city of 20,000 is gateway to the North and one of the fastest growing business centres in Canada.

Yellowknife is a hub for transportation across the Northwest Territories and western Nunavut, and a perfect launch site for northern travellers. It’s a centre for culture, mining and exploration, and boasts some of the finest facilities for conferences and meetings in the Territories. The territorial capital is accessible by both air and road, and offers a relaxed sophistication that is unique in a city this size.

Comfortable and well-appointed hotels offer experienced, professional conference and banquet services. There are a wide range of restaurants in the city. Municipal services include arenas and theatres available for exhibitions as well as more intimate gatherings. There is a fine museum, and several art galleries offer uniquely northern mementos.

Yellowknife is recognized for its livability – walking and running trails thread through parkland and around lakes. There are a number of entertainment options available. DAVE BROSHA | NWT TOURISM And all around there’s the great outdoors. In summer head out on Great Slave Lake for fishing and touring. Tour operators can help plan unusual and exciting trips close by or farther afield. In autumn and winter, aurora viewing is a featured attraction.

Getting to Yellowknife is easy. There is daily jet service from Edmonton and Calgary and in winter, from Vancouver. For the full northern introduction, fly from Ottawa to Yellowknife via Iqaluit, capital of Nunavut.

If you love a scenic drive, follow the paved highway from Edmonton, 1500 km north to Yellowknife. Bring your camera – there are thundering waterfalls and plenty of

wildlife along the way. DAVE BROSHA | NWT TOURISM

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GETTINGHERE • Daily flights from Edmonton via Air Canada, Canadian North, First Air and WestJet. Daily flights from Vancouver via Air Canada, winter only • Drive from Edmonton to the Alberta/NWT border and take NWT Highways 1 and 3 to Yellowknife DAVE BROSHA | NWT TOURISM

YELLOWKNIFE LISTINGS

MEETING FACILITIES WITH LODGING Three meeting rooms for groups of up to 60 with trained staff, on-site audio-visual equipment, high speed internet and EXPLORER HOTEL catering service for all banquet needs. Toll Free 1-800-661-0892 Tel: (867) 873-3531 NOVA COURT E-mail: [email protected] Toll Free: 1-866-570-6682 www.explorerhotel.ca Tel: (867) 873-6686 Fax: (867) 873-6687 • Rooms – 187 • Airport Shuttle • Rooms – 56 • Close to downtown • Airport Shuttle • Business Centre • High speed Internet • Traders Grill, Trapline Lounge Large boardroom that can accommodate 75 guests in a Largest hotel and meeting space in Yellowknife. Conference variety of arrangements. Overhead projector, LCD projector rooms can handle up to 350 people. Will provide planning, and speaker- phones available on request. Catering available. support and multi-media equipment, as well as full catering. High speed wireless. Conference Coordinator to help meet COAST FRASER TOWER (Apartment Hotel) all needs. Toll Free: 1-800-716-6199 Tel: (867) 873-8700 YELLOWKNIFE INN Fax: (867) 873-8708 Toll Free 1-800-661-0580 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (867) 873-2601 www.coasthotels.com E-mail: [email protected] www.yellowknifeinn.com • Rooms – 58 • High speed Internet • Rooms – 129 • Fireside Guest Lounge • Airport Shuttle • Fitness Centre • Downtown location • Business Centre 1,350 sq. ft. meeting room will accommodate groups up to • L‘atitudes Restaurant 20 and features private balcony for outdoor activities. Audio- • Mackenzie Lounge visual capabilities. Catering available.

Conference facilities include a variety of meeting rooms of ARNICA INN various capacities totaling 5,300 sq. ft.; wireless high speed, Toll Free 1-877-873-8511 audio-visual equipment and trained staff. Catering for all Tel: (867) 873-8511 conference and meeting needs. Fax: (867) 873-5547 E-mail: [email protected] CHATEAU NOVA HOTEL & SUITES www.arnicainn.ca Toll free: 1-877-839-1236 Fax: (867) 873-9702 • Rooms – 43 E-mail: [email protected] • Some suites [email protected] • Airport Shuttle www.chateaunova.com • Comforts Café • Free Wireless • Rooms – 80 • Business Centre • Airport Shuttle • Small boardroom • Close to downtown accommodates 10 people • Business Centre • Papa Jim’s Roadhouse RHONDA KENNEDY | NWT TOURISM

YELLOWKNIFE LISTINGS

OTHER MEETING FACILITIES E-Mail: [email protected] • Guests – 26 –Main lodge (12) www.yellowknifeoutdooradventures.com • Cabins (14) CAPITOL THEATRE CONFERENCE CENTRE • Satellite wireless Tel: (867) 873-2861 Summer, fall and winter. For A Great Northern Experience. We offer • Licensed lounge and dining room Fax: (867) 873-3932 a day meeting getaway facility on Great Slave Lake, seats 30. From • High speed satellite Internet, VoIP, TV, VCR, DVD E-mail: [email protected] Yellowknife 20 mins by boat or snowmobile. Canoeing, birding, fish- • Group rates offered ing, photography, gourmet shore lunches, outdoor learning programs, Can seat 122, 160, 237 guests respectively, in three separate snowshoeing, snowmobiling, dog sledding, Aurora viewing. theatres. Superb acoustics, large screens and comfortable seating. YELLOWKNIFE CONFERENCE/ EVENT PLANNERS & SUPPLIERS Ability to accommodate all technical and audio-visual requirements BLACHFORD LAKE LODGE & CONVENTION CENTRE as well as catering. Large lobby for coffee breaks. Air Charter from Yellowknife (20 minutes) Professional and knowledgeable conference planners and event MULTIPLEX Tel: (867) 873-3303 coordinators can help you plan everything from the venue and Contact: Matt Hicks Fax: (867) 920-4013 theme to shuttles and excursions. Everything you need is just a call Tel: (867) 669-3457 E-mail: [email protected] or click away. www.blachfordlakelodge.com E-mail: [email protected] BARBARA KARDASH Large lobby and two arenas for trade shows. PSAV Multi-Purpose Shared accommodation for 35 in main lodge and cabins. Licensed Contact: Barbara Kardash Room accommodates up to 30 people for meetings. lounge and dining room. Meeting room. High speed wireless Conference/event planning services in Yellowknife NORTHERN ARTS & CULTURAL CENTRE Internet, satellite phone, Virtual fax, overhead & slide projectors, Tel: (867) 873-9630 Office Manager (867) 873-4950 Proxima projector and TV/VCR/DVD players. Fax: (867) 873-9191 E-mail: [email protected] www.naccnt.ca/rentals PLUMMER’S GREAT BEAR LAKE LODGE 313 seat theatre capacity with lights, sound, screen and projector. Air Charter from Yellowknife (approx 1 hour) BEHIND THE SCENES TREE OF PEACE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE Toll Free: 1-800-665-0240 Contact: Pat Thagard Tel: (867) 873-2864 Tel: (204) 774-5775 Tel: (867) 445-720 Multipurpose hall that seats 250, large boardroom that seats up to Fax: (204) 783-2320 Fax: (867) 873-4977 100 and small board room that seats up to 20. E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] www.plummerslodges.com BOTTOM LINE PR COMPANY OUT OF TOWN VENUES Shared accommodation for 40-50 in main lodge or cabins. Meeting Contact: Lona Collins, Lisa Tesar There are numerous wilderness lodges within easy reach of facilities with audio-visual equipment, satellite phone, Internet Tel: (867) 766-3865 Yellowknife. Many are equipped for business needs and corporate access. Dining and lounge facilities. Offers Executive Getaways. Fax: (867) 873-8678 meetings. Some operate all season and offer fishing, hiking, E-mail: [email protected] ENODAH WILDERNESS TRAVEL LTD specialized tours and educational venues. For a list of all lodges & TROUT LAKE LODGE CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS contact: www.spectacularnwt.com Air Charter from Yellowknife (12 minutes) Contact: Lynda Comerford Some that cater to smaller meetings are: Also by boat in summer and snowmobile in winter. Writing, editing, publications, conference/event planning Aurora Village Tel: (867) 873-4334 Tel: (867) 873-4746 Contact: Hideo Nagatani Fax: (867) 873-3825 Fax: (867) 669-7423 Tel: (867) 669-0006 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.enodah.com Fax: (867) 669-0106 OFFICE COMPLIMENTS E-mail: [email protected] Main lodge and cabins with dining facilities for up to 30. Contact: Judy Callas - Placements Manager auroravillage.com Meeting facilities equipped with overhead projector, flip chart, Tel: (867) 920-4624 Picturesque setting with comfortable space available for meetings TV/VCR/DVD, High speed Internet. Corporate rates offered. Fax: (867) 873-6387 for up to 100 people. Tipis with woodstoves for smaller groups. E-mail: [email protected] YELLOW DOG LODGE www.officecompliments.com Corporate retreat options can include dog sledding, Aurora viewing. Air Charter from Yellowknife (15 minutes) YELLOWKNIFE OUTDOOR ADVENTURES (June-Sept.) Tel:(403) 668-9936 PRESTIGE PLANNING Contact: Carlos Gonzalez E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Darlene Mandeville Tel: (867) 873-5800 www.yellowdoglodge.ca Tel: (867) 873-6121 Cell: (867) 444-8320 (Sept.-May) Tel: (970) 372-1472 Fax: (867) 920-4742 Fax: (970) 281-1041 E-mail: [email protected]

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Northern Canada’s Best Conference Venue

DAVE BROSHA/NWT TOURISM BROSHA/NWT DAVE Plan your next function in the Diamond Capital Brilliant service and glittering rooms of North America™. The Explorer Hotel o ers in the diamond capital of Canada. superior planning and support for conferences and 187 rooms І Conference Centre meetings of ten to 350 participants, in the heart of Trader’s Grill І Trapline Lounge downtown Yellowknife. Tel: 867.873.3531 | Fax: 867.873.2789 Friendly, professional sta and our highly rated Toll Free: 1.800.661.0892 kitchen will ensure your conference receives rave reviews. Our ve exible meeting rooms and two private dining rooms are equipped with the latest multi-media equipment. In Yellowknife, shop for diamonds and northern and Inuit art. Then choose from a selection of exciting summer tours or winter northern lights packages.

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES TOURISM | 2011 CONFERENCE & MEETINGwww.explorerhotel.ca PLANNER | 1.800.661.0788 | SPECTACULARNWT.COM 11 Start Your Experience of the North As Soon As You Get Onboard! With more than 75 years of serving Canada’s High Arctic, Canadian North is serious about your business. Call our Meeting and Convention Specialist to get your quote today and enjoy our unique Northern hospitality the moment you step on our plane!

Call 1-867-669-4020 or email [email protected]

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Aboriginal owned and operated. Aurora day trips, TOUR OPERATORS snowmobiling, wildlife viewing, sightseeing, traditional workshops. AURORA VILLAGE Tel: (867) 669-0006 NARWAL NORTHERN ADVENTURES Fax: (867) 669-0106 Tel: (867) 873-6445 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (867) 873-2741 www.auroravillage.com E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Hideo Nagatani www.narwal.ca Contact: Cathy Allooloo Heated teepees and chairs for Aurora viewing. Dog sledding, snowmobiling, snowshoeing. Yellowknife Bay and Great Slave Aboriginal owned and operated. Guided day tours by kayak, Lake freighter canoe tours. canoe and motorboat. Canoe and kayak rentals.

AIR TINDI STRONG INTERPRETATION Charters: (867) 669-8200 Tel. & Fax: (867) 873-5546 Reservations: (867) 669-8260 Cell: (867) 446-2799 Fax: (867) 669-8250 E-mail: [email protected] www.airtindi.com Contact: Rosanna Strong

DAVE BROSHA | NWT TOURISM Contact: Travis Arychuk Take a walk on the wild side with Strong Interpretation. 25 aircraft with seating from 1 to 46 passengers. Charter Guided natural history tours customized to your request flights including fishing day trips, flightseeing Yellowknife, or interests, for 1 up to 15, and for any age group. Old Great Slave Lake and Nahanni region. Town Walking Tour, step-on guide services, environmental education and other heritage interpretive programming. BECK’S KENNELS AURORA VIEWING Please contact for details and pricing. & DOGSLED TOURS Tel: (867) 873-5603 TOP OF THE WORLD TRAVEL LOCAL TRANSPORTATION Fax: (867) 873-2593 Toll Free: 800-837-8922 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (867) 766-6000 Budget Car & Truck Rental www.beckskennels.com Fax: (897) 920-7535 54 cars, trucks and SUVs Contact: Grant Beck www.topoftheworldtravel.com Airport and city locations Tel: (867) 920-9209 World champion dog racer offering Aurora dogsled tours, Travel/tour agents. Specializing in eco-tourism, naturalist traditional dog sledding, snowmobiling, overnight camping, outdoor adventures, fishing, hunting and Aurora tours. Hertz Rent A Car summer dog sledding on wheels. 29 cars, trucks, vans and SUVs TRUE NORTH SAFARIS LTD. Airport Tel: (867) 766-3838 BLUEFISH TOURS Toll free: 888-359-9532 Tel: (867) 873-4818 Tel: (867) 873-8533 National Car and Truck Rental Fax: (867) 873-2901 Fax: (867) 920-4834 70 cars, trucks, vans and SUVs including E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] (3) 12-15 passenger vans www.bluefishservices.ca www.truenorthsafaris.com Tel: (867) 920-2970 Contact: Greg Robertson Contact: Gary Jaeb

Royal Rent A Car Fishing tours and day trips on Great Slave Lake. Day trips around Yellowknife, multi-day trips to MacKay 25 cars and mini-vans Lake Lodge. Ice Road tours, fishing trips, hunting, birding, Tel: (867) 873-3400 MY BACKYARD TOURS canoeing, kayaking. Day trips on Great Slave Lake and Tel: (867) 920-4654 Yellowknife River. Frontier Coachlines, NWT Fax: (867) 920-4654 Tel: (867) 873-4892 E-mail: [email protected] YELLOWKNIFE OUTDOOR ADVENTURES 3 full sized air –conditioned coaches seating 50-55 passengers www.mybackyardtours.ca Tel: (867) 873-5800 and one 15 and one 12 passenger coach. Contact: Margaret Peterson Cell: (867) 444-8320 E-Mail: [email protected] DINING Fun and informational tours guided by local experts. Tours www.yellowknifeoutdooradventures.com include: the City of Yellowknife and Ingraham Trail to Cameron Contact: Carlos Gonzalez With more than 40 eating establishments to choose from, Yellowknife Falls, Aurora trips, outdoor photography workshop, wildlife has something for even the most discerning taste buds. If you’re in a viewing, cultural and educational programs. Step on guide Summer and fall up to 50 guests, winter 28 guests. We rush there are a dozen fast food outlets offering everything from burgers services available. offer guided full day and half-day trips on Great Slave Lake. to tapas and sushi. For a more relaxing meal, enjoy mouth-watering Outdoor activities include: harbour tours, northern gourmet international and northern cuisine at one of our many fine dining NORTHSTAR ADVENTURES lunches, pike fishing trips, sightseeing, photography, Cameron restaurants. Your first bite of arctic char, muskox or caribou will have you Tel: (867) 446-2900 Falls tours, aurora viewing tours, outdoor learning programs, coming back for more. Almost all of our restaurants and fast food outlets E-mail: [email protected] day snowmobiling excursions, ice road tours, art tours, dog are within easy walking distance of hotels and conference centres. www.northstaradventures.ca sledding, Aurora viewing to our cozy cabin by snowmobile. Contact: Joe Bailey Boat and snowmobile rentals. CATERING

Bouwa Whee Catering Ltd Tel: (867) 873-6583, Fax: (867) 873-6564

CHEF PIERRE’S CATERING & RENTAL SERVICES Tel: (867) 873-5600, Fax: (867) 873-3614 www.chefpierre.ca

WOODSTOVE CATERING Tel: (867) 669-9463

WORLD CATERING & BANQUET SERVICE Tel: (867) 920-2265 www.diningon50th.com STEVE FREAKE

For a conference or meeting for 50 to 300 delegates, select a destination that’s right out of the ordinary – Inuvik, north of the Arctic Circle. Choose from three hotels, an apartment hotel and bed and breakfast services for comfortable accommodation. Prices range from $110 to $225 per night. Corporate rates are available.

Plan your next meeting in Inuvik and join an elite group of business travellers. This bustling town of 3,500 is the largest Canadian community north of the Arctic Circle. A centre for government, education, exploration and tourism, Inuvik lies at the edge of one of the world’s most scenic river deltas. It is just a short hop by air to Arctic communities like Tuktoyaktuk on the shore of the Beaufort Sea or to Aklavik in the Mackenzie River Delta.

Inuvik prides itself on being a business savvy community. The municipal Midnight Sun Complex hosts large trade shows and more intimate gatherings year-round. Professional planners will see to it that your event not only runs on time and on budget but also packs in a host of added attractions.

There is plenty to see and do in Inuvik. Take in an art or music festival. Compare notes with gardeners at the community greenhouse. Tour the igloo church, built by volunteers and a visionary priest. Tour Ingamo Hall, the largest log structure in the Arctic, crafted from a thousand logs rafted more than 1,300 km down the Mackenzie River. Take a boat tour or a flight over the delta to visit nearby towns and historic sites. In spring, drive on the frozen Mackenzie River (our ice road) to nearby communities.

Inuvik offers an introduction to the cultures of the Arctic: Inuvialuit, Gwich’in, Métis HANS PFAFF | NWT TOURISM and southern Canadians meet and mingle here. This is the destination of the Dempster Highway, the only public highway in North America to cross the Arctic Circle. Sign up for a tour to the Arctic Circle on this scenic and storied highway, or charter a day trip by air to a wilderness park.

Getting to Inuvik is easy. Daily flights connect with Edmonton, Calgary and Yellowknife. The Dempster Highway is open most of the year and is one of the great scenic drives in Canada, winding north from Dawson City, Yukon.

The Inuvialuit named this town the living place, we would like you to think of it as HANS PFAFF | NWT TOURISM your next meeting place.

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GETTINGHERE • Daily flights from Edmonton and Yellowknife via Canadian North • Four times weekly flights via First Air • Drive the scenic Dempster Highway through the Yukon and NWT and on to Inuvik HANS PFAFF | NWT TOURISM

INUVIK LISTINGS

MEETING FACILITIES WITH LODGING ARCTIC CHALET Toll Free: 1-800-685-9417 MACKENZIE HOTEL Tel: (867) 777-3535 Tel: (867) 777-2861 ext.4900 Fax: (867) 777-4443 Fax: (867) 777-3317 Contact: Judi Falsnes Contact: Barb Kiely E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] www.arcticchalet.com www.mackenziehotel.com • Rooms – 10 (1-2 bedroom suite and 8 cabins • Rooms – 96 with private baths) • Wheelchair accessible • Wheelchair accessible • Business Centre/Exercise Room/Jacuzzi • High speed Wireless • Shivers Lounge • Free shuttles to downtown for fly-in guests • Tonimoes Dining Room • Recreation activities available in summer and winter • High speed Internet see Arctic Adventure Tours (page 16)

Largest hotel in Inuvik. Offers two meeting rooms. The POLAR BED & BREAKFAST conference room can handle 40-50 people, the boardroom Tel: (867) 777-2554 18 comfortably. Dining room 40. There is a Proxima projector, Fax: (867) 777-3442 screens, and tele-conferencing capability. Catering for up E-mail: [email protected] to 100 people can be provided – contact Sandy Turner for www.polarbedandbreakfast.com Tonimoes menu. • Rooms – 4 INUVIK CAPITAL SUITES Tel: (867) 678-6300 OTHER MEETING FACILITIES Fax: (867) 678-6309 Contact: Ali Mirza MIDNIGHT SUN COMPLEX E-mail: [email protected] Inuvik’s new multi-functional conference centre is ideally www.capitalsuites.ca suited for conferences, tradeshows, workshops, seminars and numerous other activities. The centre is within easy walking • Rooms – 82 distance of accommodations and the downtown area. • Business Centre • Wireless • Capacities: Comm. Centre-325, Arena Complex-400 • Has one boardroom that can seat 10. Includes set-up, Full Meeting Room- 60; Half Size - 30 coffee and tea. • Audio-Visual Capabilities include a Proxima Projector, Dell Projector, Laptop, Fax, Scanning & Photocopying, LODGING 2 TV/VCRs, Overhead Screens (12x12 mounted).

NOVA INN The Centre also provides trade show equipment, tablecloths Toll Free: 1-866-374-6682 and skirting, tables & chairs for up to 325 people; dry erase Tel: (867) 777-6682 boards and flip charts, podiums, cooler and ice-makers, Fax: (867) 777-4522 liquor dispensers, buffet units, dividers & risers, and wireless Contact: Chris Manuel internet. There is also a Chat Room. E-mail: [email protected] www.novainninuvik.ca Booking Information: Colin MacGillivary, Midnight Sun Conference Centre • Rooms – 42 Tel: (867) 777-8640 • Wheelchair Accessible Suites Fax: (867) 777-5128 • High speed Internet E-mail: [email protected]

INUVIK LISTINGS

INGAMO HALL FRIENDSHIP CENTRE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS TOURS DINING Tel: (867) 777-2166, Fax: (867) 777-2837 Tel: (867) 777-4829, Fax: (867) 777-3068 Contact: Susan Ross Contact: Moe Grant THE MACKENZIE HOTEL Boat cruises on the Mackenzie Delta. Cultural trips. Custom Tours 185 Mackenzie Road-Tonimoes Restaurant/Shivers Lounge • Main Hall -250 • Boardroom- 20 UP NORTH TOURS THE ROOST 108 Mackenzie Road – The Backroom • Rentals include set-up, coffee and tea Tel: (867) 777-2028, Cell: (867) 678-0510 Contact: Kyle Kisoun-Taylor CLOUD NINE Airport INUVIK LION’S CLUB E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (867) 777-8620, Fax: (867) 777-4099 www.upnorthtours.ca The Café Gallery Contact: Bev Garven Community and boat tours. Fishing 84 Mackenzie Road Tel: (867) 777-4829 • Space for 50 SIULIG TOURS • Bar Service available Tel: (867) 777-3833 On Mackenzie Road next to Moe’s Stationary. Contact: Gerry Kisoun Open 8am each morning. Come and enjoy specialty coffees like GWICH’IN TRIBAL COUNCIL Boat, fishing and snowmobiling tours of the Mackenzie River cappuccinos and lattes while munching on delicious snacks like Tel: (867) 777-7900, Fax: (867) 777-7919 and Delta soup, sandwiches, muffins and desserts. Contact : Millie Jansen TRANSPORTATION CATERING • Boardroom: 25 • Rentals include set-up DELTA TAXI TONIMOES RESTAURANT/SHIVERS LOUNGE • Coffee and tea Tel: (867)777-5100 or (867) 777-5888 Tel: (867) 777-4900, Contact: Sandy Turner Catering up to 100 INUVIK CENTENNIAL LIBRARY UNITED TAXI Tel: (867) 777-8620, Fax: (867) 777-8621 Tel: (867) 777-5050 or (867) 777-4777 TWISTED LADLE ENTERPRISE Contact: Bev Garven Cloud Nine Restaurant NORCAN RENTING & LEASING (NATIONAL) Tel: (867) 777-3541, Contact: Rob Harrington • Boardroom: 20 Tel: (867) 777-2346 Catering up to 200 people • Rentals include set-up Crew cabs, Suburbans and SUVs (31) • Coffee and tea MACKENZIE BOYS LTD ARCTIC CHALET Tel: (867) 777-3216 or (867) 777-3358, Contact: Larry Allum AURORA COLLEGE Tel: (867) 777-3535 Catering up to 200 Tel: (867) 777-7800, Fax: (867) 777-2850 4X4 Dodge Megacab Truck, SUVs and 10 passenger tour van. E-mail: [email protected] Discount vehicles available also for town use only ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION CATERING Contact: Roberta Cardinal Tel: (867) 777-2582, Contact: Elaine White NORTHWIND BUS SERVICES Catering for up to 100 • Boardroom: 15 Tel: (867) 678-0595, Contact: Marty • Classrooms: 25 www.northwindltd.ca INGAMO HALL TRADITIONAL CATERING • Rentals include set-up, coffee and some equipment 70 passenger, 48 passenger, and 20 passenger buses plus two Tel: (867) 777-2166 15 passenger vans Contact: Susan Ross LOCAL TOURS Catering traditional meal for up to 50 MGM SERVICES ARCTIC ADVENTURE TOURS Tel: (867) 777-4295, CONFERENCE PLANNERS Tel: (867) 777-3535, Fax: (867) 777-4443 Cell: (867) 678-0129 Contact: Olav & Judi Falsnes Fax: (867) 777-2045 Tourism Coordinator, Town of Inuvik E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Moses Gordon Darlene Burden www.arcticchalet.com www.mgmbusservices.webs.com Tel: (867) 777-8618 Tours available year-round Three 14 passenger vans and one 7 passenger SUV Fax: (867) 777-8619 E-mail: [email protected] www.inuvik.ca

Hay River offers seven hotels, motels and bed and breakfasts for conference and meeting atendees. Prices range from $75 per night for a B&B to $229 for an executive suite. Corporate discounts are available.

Hay River is a traditional meeting place for the Slavey Dene, who gathered on the sandy south shore of Great Slave Lake. Today’s travellers can still enjoy the sandy beach, and the spectacular Hay River, which boils over two scenic limestone waterfalls in a territorial park, then flows beside green fields and forest to its mouth on the big lake.

The town has a well deserved reputation for energy, ingenuity and a can-do attitude, and offers all the services and amenities you will need for a successful conference. Hay River is the only community in the Northwest Territories connected by road, air, water and rail to points north and south.

Powerful tugs and giant barges ply the river delta and the lake, hauling cargo north to Mackenzie Valley and Arctic coast communites. The railway carries freight. Hay River is a base for the Ice Pilots – Buffalo Airways’ nostalgic fleet of DC-3s that still carry passengers to Yellowknife across Great Slave Lake.

Modern and newly renovated hotels cater to business events and offer fine dining, sports bars and fitness rooms. The recreation centre, the Legion, and the golf club offer comfortable meeting facilities for groups large and small. Professional meeting planners will determine your needs and deliver a first rate event.

Hay River restaurants offer fresh whitefish from Great Slave Lake. There’s a small museum,

an interesting fishing village, and an attractive golf course. Harbour tours are offered, and STEVE FREAKE in winter there are dog team trips and expeditions onto Great Slave Lake to see the Aurora. Each Saturday during the summer there’s a fisherman’s market on the wharves in old town.

Just across the river from town and a half hour away by road is the K’atlo’deeche Reserve, which welcomes groups and can offer cross-cultural activities. For a team builder, try a day tour by charter bus to visit three spectacular waterfalls: Alexandra, Louise, and Lady Evelyn.

Daily flights connect Hay River with Fort Smith and Wood Buffalo Park and Yellowknife, with onward connections to Edmonton and Calgary. The Mackenzie Highway is paved from Edmonton. Daily bus service links Hay River with points south. TERRY PARKER | NWT TOURISM

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GETTINGHERE • Drive from Edmonton to the Alberta/NWT border and take Highways 1 and 2 to Hay River • Fly from Edmonton via Northwestern Air Lease five days a week • From Yellowknife fly to Hay River via First Air or Buffalo Airways TERRY PARKER | NWT TOURISM

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MEETING FACILITIES WITH LODGING HOMESTEADERS INN Tel: (867) 874-4479 PTARMIGAN INN Fax: (867) 874-4903 Toll Free: 1-800-661-0842 Fax: (867) 874-3392 Tel: (867) 874-6781 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (867) 874-3392 E-mail: [email protected] • Rooms – 23 www.ptarmiganinn.com • Fitness Room/Internet

• Rooms – 42 Two banquet/meeting rooms. Capacity 50 and 15-20. • Wheelchair accessible Catering can be provided and audio-visual equipment. • High speed Internet • Fitness Room/Jacuzzi OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS • Keys Dining Room • Dog House Bar& Grill THE NORTH COUNTRY INN SOUTH Tel: (867) 874-6706 Banquet Hall/Boardroom can accommodate up to 120 people. Fax: (867) 874-6704 Breakaway rooms for smaller groups are available. Catering E-mail: [email protected] and audio-visual equipment provided. • Rooms – 29 ANCHORAGE BED & BREAKFAST • Wireless Tel: (867) 874-2233 • Dining Room (situated beside Inn) Fax: (867) 874-2259 E-mail: [email protected] THE NORTH COUNTRY INN NORTH www.greenwayaccommodations.ca Tel: (867) 874-6792 Fax (867) 874-6704 • Rooms – 10 E-mail: [email protected] (6 single, 3 double, 1 queen) • Internet • Rooms – 24 • Shuttle Service (prior arrangement requested) • No dining facilities or Internet

Boardroom can hold 15 comfortably with flip charts; CAMBRIDGE EXECUTIVE SUITES TV/VHS/DVD Screen. Tel: (867) 874-2233 Fax: (867) 874-2259 HARBOUR HOUSE BED & BREAKFAST E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (867) 874-2233 www.greenwayaccommodations.ca Fax: (867) 874-2259 E-mail: [email protected] • Rooms – 24 www.greenwayaccommodations.ca • High speed Internet • Wheelchair Accessible • 7 rooms (double occupancy if requested) • Dining across the street • Continental breakfast

A large common area can host casual meetings. Flip charts and markers provided. TERRY PARKER | NWT TOURISM

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES TOURISM | 2011 CONFERENCE & MEETING PLANNER | 1.800.661.0788 | SPECTACULARNWT.COM 19 When you choose Hay River for your conference, you’re getting more than an attractive location on the south shore of the Great Slave Lake. You’re getting commitment from the entire community, who are always “up” to welcome conference delegates to the place they call home.

Of course you also have six hotels/motels to accommodate delegates; several caterers to prepare meals including entrees of our world famous whitefish; local conference planners and equipment suppliers, including trade show equipment; easy access by road or air; and ideal conference facilities in our new community centre.

And if that’s not enough, Hay River is also home to the North’s best golf course, largest marine transportation centre, and bustling Saturday Hay RiveR fish market. the ideal location for smaller conferences. Hay River has everything you’ll need for a conference of 100 to 200 people, T. (867) 874-6522 | www.hayriver.com as well as lots of extras. Extras like spectacular waterfalls only a half hour drive from Hay River, trips on Great Slave Lake, a Dene cultural centre just across the river and walking trails throughout the community.

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BRABANT LODGE THE BOARDROOM Winter 891 Mackenzie Highway Tel: (867) 874-2600 Tel: (867) 8724-2111 Fax: (867) 874-2622 Fax: (867) 874-3198 Summer Tel/Fax: (867) 920-1600 • Inside catering only • Capacity 80 Accommodates 36 in shared cabins. Lounge and Dining Room. Ideal for smaller groups. Satellite TV/Internet. THE CARIBOU RESTAURANT Tel: (867) 875-4120 LOCAL TOURS Fax: (867) 875-4130

GREAT SLAVE LAKE TOURS • Capacity 42 Contact: Shawn Buckley • Can cater up to 200. Paper plates. No cutlery provided Tel/Fax: (867) 874-3617 C. (867)875-8077 [email protected] HAY RIVER BAKERY Tel: (867) 874-2322 Aurora Day Trips, Fishing Day Trips, Birding, Canoeing, Fax: (867) 874-2311 Kayaking and Wildlife Viewing.

MYSTERY TOURS • Capacity 45 Contact: Jim McPherson • Can cater up to 200 for lunch only. Paper plates Tel: (867) 874-3494 Fax: (867) 874-4197 THE BACK EDDY E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (867) 874-6680 Fax: (867) 874-6621 Tours of the Mackenzie River from the headwaters. Nightly harbour tours. • Inside catering only • One room–70 MEETING FACILITIES WITHOUT LODGING CANOE NORTH • One room–30 Contact: Doug Swallow DON STEWART RECREATION CENTRE Toll Free: 1-888-397-0886 THE PTARMIGAN INN Tel: (867) 874-6500 Tel: (867) 874-4242 Tel: (867) 874-6781 Fax: (867) 874-3237 Fax: (867) 874-3866 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] • Capacity 120 in banquet rooms www.canoenorth.ca • Outside catering for 50-500 people • Community Hall - 150 people • Don Wieterman Room -80 people • Canoe and kayak rentals. HOMESTEADERS INN • Arena Ice Surface -Ice Out -700 people Tel: (867) 874-4479 • Exhibitor Space -90 booths TRANSPORTATION • Curling Rink -400 people • Offer full catering in-house • Exhibitor space-45 booths BUDGET CAR RENTAL Toll Free: 1-800-661-0716 • Capacity I banquet room-100 • 2nd banquet room-50 The Town of Hay River can make available: screens, projectors, Tel: (867) 874-7777 flip charts, Proximas, coffee makers and support staff. Fax: (867) 874-7716 E-mail: [email protected] HAY RIVER GOLF COURSE Tel: (867) 874-6290 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION #250 www.budget.ca Tel: (867) 874-6355 • Total vehicles: 20 • In-house catering Fax: (867) 874-2790 • Cars-7, SUVs-3, Trucks-10 • Capacity 150 sit-down E-mail: [email protected] • Capacity 350 finger foods FRONTIER COACHLINES Two rooms. Capacity 100 and 350. Provide flip charts, screen, Tel: (867) 874-2566 K`ATLO`DEECHE FIRST NATIONS podium and projector. Coffee, water, juice provided. Fax: (867) 874-2388 Tel: (867) 874-6701

When you choose Hay River for your conference, you’re getting K`ATLO`DEECHE FIRST NATION RESERVE • 3-full-sized air-conditioned coaches seating • In-house only Tel: (867) 874-6701 50-55 passengers • Capacity 300 more than an attractive location on the south shore of the Great Slave Fax: (867) 874-3229 • 1-15 seater and 1-12 seater coach • Northern food. Paper plates Lake. You’re getting commitment from the entire community, who are E-mail: [email protected] www.katlodeeche.com RELIABLE GROUP CONFERENCE PLANNERS always “up” to welcome conference delegates to the place they call home. Tel: (867) 874-3338 Two boardrooms that can accommodate 20 and 50 people. Fax: (867) 874-6633 YOUR PLANNER The Chief Lamalice Complex can accommodate 300 people. • 4 buses seating 72 passengers Tracy Therrien Of course you also have six hotels/motels to accommodate delegates; Flip charts, sound systems, projectors, (including proxima) and several caterers to prepare meals including entrees of our world famous Tel: (867) 874-4562 screens are available. Catering in-house only. RELIABLE CABS Fax: (867) 874-4066 whitefish; local conference planners and equipment suppliers, including Tel: (867) 874-4444 E-mail: [email protected] HAY RIVER GOLF COURSE trade show equipment; easy access by road or air; and ideal conference Tel: (867) 874-6290 • Taxis-4 facilities in our new community centre. Fax: (867) 874-3930 E-mail: [email protected]

And if that’s not enough, Hay River is also home to the North’s best Open seasonally. Capable of hosting sit-down dinner for 150. Hay RiveR golf course, largest marine transportation centre, and bustling Saturday Catering provided on-site. fish market. • Club Room-250 people/with outdoor deck. the ideal location for smaller conferences. Hay River has everything you’ll need for a conference of 100 to 200 people, T. (867) 874-6522 | www.hayriver.com as well as lots of extras. Extras like spectacular waterfalls only a half hour drive from Hay River, trips on Great Slave Lake, a Dene cultural centre just across the river and walking trails throughout the community. TERRY PARKER | NWT TOURISM TERRY PARKER | NWT TOURISM

There are four hotels in Norman Wells, each with a restaurant. Prices range from $140 for a single room to $245 for an executive suite. Corporate discounts are available at some hotels.

Norman Wells is located on the Mackenzie River, where the river widens to about four kilometres. The town overlooks the river and mountain ranges to the west and south. Behind the town there is a small range of mountains accessible on foot or by vehicle. There are many trails and lakes complete with canoes for visitors.

The Aboriginal people here, the Sahtu Dene, have always known this place was special. They called it Le Gohlini, “where the oil is”, and oil is what helped to create Norman Wells. Huge deposits of sweet crude were first tapped 90 years ago, in 1921. The Heritage Centre tells the story of the oil boom and the natural history of the area.

Norman Wells is the economic centre of the Sahtu region and includes the Mackenzie Mountains and Great Bear Lake. The town is a transportation and tourism gateway, and offers a business atmosphere with a healthy dose of outdoor recreation. The hotels offer excellent meeting services and the enthusiastic support of the town’s residents is catching.

Aircraft are vitally important links between Sahtu communities. Local airlines have considerable experience showing visitors the best that the region has to offer. Fly out with experienced pilots to visit tiny log-built communities, or to find the perfect fishing lake. Norman Wells played a unique role in the history of aviation in the North and a new aviation-oriented park at the floatplane base helps to tell the story.

An air tour in the Mackenzie Mountains includes views of the famed Canol Trail – the route GEROLD SIGL | NWT TOURISM of a wartime supply line to Yukon and Alaska. Now one of the most challenging hiking trails in North America, the route winds through mountain passes, crosses surging rivers and pauses by unspoiled waterfalls.

Closer to town, boat trips are offered on the broad Mackenzie River. Visitors can also hunt for Devonian era fossils, exposed in limestone cliffs and creek beds. For a post conference tour with a real difference, book your group on a canoeing adventure with a mountain river outfitter or a trail ride on horseback in the mountains.

Getting here is easy – daily jet flights connect Norman Wells to Edmonton, Yellowknife and Inuvik. GEROLD SIGL | NWT TOURISM

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GETTINGHERE • Daily flights from Edmonton and Yellowknife via Canadian North • Four times weekly flights from Edmonton and Yellowknife via First Air • Weekday flights from Yellowknife via North-Wright Airways • There is no road access to Norman Wells HANS PFAFF | NWT TOURISM

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LODGING MEETING FACILITIES LOCAL TOURS

HERITAGE HOTEL NORMAN WELLS COMMUNITY HALL MOUNTAIN RIVER OUTDOOR ADVENTURES Tel: (867) 587-5000 Tel: (867) 587-3700 Tel: (867) 587-2697 Fax: (867) 587-5001 Fax: (867) 587-3701 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] www.normanwells.com www.mountainriver.nt.ca www.heritagehotelnwt.com • Capacity - 200 people • Offers guided trips into the waterways of the Sahtu • Rooms 29 (double occ. - 58) • Wheelchair accessible and day trips along the Mackenzie River. • High speed Internet • Kitchen • Business Centre • Catering-not provided SAHTU HELICOPTERS • Wheelchair Accessible • Sound system, proxima projector Tel: (867) 587-2827/2081 • Restaurant & Lounge Fax: (867) 587-3027 • Boardroom can accommodate 40 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION, CANOL BRANCH www.greatslaveheli.com Tel: (867) 587-4127 YAMOURI INN Fax: (867) 587-2955 • Charters and outfitting services Toll Free: 1-800-661-0841 Contact : Dennis Rheault Tel: (867) 587-2744 URSUS AVIATION Fax: (867) 587-2268 • Capacity- 100 Theatre style; 70 with tables Toll Free: 1-800-661-0817 • Kitchen, catering not provided Tel: (867) 588-4141 • Rooms -14 • Wireless Internet Fax: (867) 588-4131 • Cabin Lounge &Bar • Projection screen. A/V equipment can be rented • Pete’s Pride Dining Room in community • Scenic tours of the Sahtu Region, Fly-in fishing • Airport Shuttle OUT OF TOWN FACILITIES Canadian Helicopters Ltd. RAYUKA INN Tel: (867) 587-2136 Tel: (867) 587-2354 PLUMMER’S GREAT BEAR LAKE LODGE www.canadianhelicopters.com Fax: (867) 587-2861 Toll Free: 1-800-665-0240 Tel: (204) 774-5775 North-Wright Airways Ltd. • Rooms - 10 Fax: (204) 783-2320 Tel: (867) 587-2288 • Wheelchair accessible Email: [email protected] • Wireless Internet • Capacity - 40-50 • Rayuka Inn Restaurant • Offers Executive Getaways • Flightseeing tours in the Mackenzie Mountains. • Meeting Facilities with audio-visual equipment, Waterfalls, canyons and wildlife Meeting area in Dining Room. Seats 30. Audio–visual satellite phone, and Internet access equipment leased separately TRANSPORTATION CANOE NORTH ADVENTURES LTD RED DOOR EXECUTIVE HOUSE Toll Free: (888) 941-6654 Triple M Taxi Tel: (867) 587-2630 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (867) 587-2121 E-mail: [email protected] www.canoenorthadventures.com Norman Wells Transportation Ltd. • 3 rooms • Guided canoe expeditions into the Sahtu Region, Tel: (867) 587-2416/2491 • Wireless Internet its rivers and the Canol Trail Fax: (867) 587-2960 • Business centre • 19 trucks and SUVs

Fort Simpson offers a range of accommodation from modern hotels and lodges to cozy bed and breakfasts. Prices range from $125 for a single to $205 for an Executive Suite. Seniors rates are available.

This island village of 1300 is one of the oldest settlements in western Canada. It has been a gathering place for the Dene for centuries. In the Slavey language it is called Liidli Kue, meaning place where rivers meet. Here the Liard River joins the mighty Mackenzie River on its way north.

Once the northern base for the fur trade, Fort Simpson today is a government, transportation and recreation centre with direct access to Nahanni National Park Reserve. The town offers an interesting mix of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal cultures, culminating in a summer art and music festival.

Fort Simpson offers a unique advantages for meetings and conferences. There are several meeting rooms in local hotels, and the new recreation centre can host over 100 in the community hall. Out of doors there is a heritage park and a community arbor overlooking the confluence of the Liard and Mackenzie Rivers.

The draw, of course, is the opportunity to visit Canada’s most famous and storied national park – Naha Dehe, called Nahanni. This park, recently expanded to include a whole watershed in the Mackenzie Mountains, features unique mountain and karst landscapes, free roaming wildlife and the amazing Virginia Falls, over 90 metres high. Visitors can tour the park or visit Virginia Falls on flights originating in Fort Simpson.

There are also fascinating local tours covering over two hundred years of history and some of the North’s most compelling stories. Stop in at the visitor centre. Conference atendees can also play a round of golf, take a jet boat tour on the river, or go fishing nearby for an afternoon. Fort Simpson still boasts some of the north’s finest artists working with traditional moosehide and beads and more contemporary media.

Fort Simpson is connected to Yellowknife by daily flights with connections to Edmonton and Calgary. The town is located near the junction of the Mackenzie Highway (from Alberta), and the scenic Liard Highway (from northern British Columbia).

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GETTINGHERE • Fly to Yellowknife and then fly on to Fort Simpson via First Air or Air Tindi, both offering service every day but Saturday • Drive from Edmonton to the Alberta/NWT border and take Highway 1 to Fort Simpson, or drive from Fort Nelson, BC to the BC/NWT border VAN BRUGGEN | CTC and take NWT highways 7 and 1 to Fort Simpson

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MEETING FACILITIES WITH LODGING JANOR GUEST HOUSE • Day trips to Virginia Falls and Nahanni; Tel: (867) 695-2077 fly-in canoeing/camping FORT OF THE FORKS LODGE Fax: (867) 695-3030 Toll Free: 1-866-946-2701 E-mail: [email protected] Simpson Air Tel: (867) 695-2700/2711 www.janor.ca Toll Free: 1-866-995-2505 Fax: (867) 695-2722 Tel: (867) 695-2505 E-mail: [email protected] • Rooms – 6 Fax: (867) 695-2925 www.fortoftheforks.com • Shuttle from airport E-mail: [email protected] • Wireless Internet/High speed www.simpsonair.ca • Rooms – 48 • Exercise room • Wireless Internet • Fax machine, printers and computers • Day trips to Glacier Lake, Virginia Falls, Ram Plateau • Airport shuttle and Little Doctor Lake • Restaurant – can seat 60 THE FORT SIMPSON GARDENS Tel: (867) 695-2456 South Nahanni Airways Conference facilities: Tel: (867) 695-2007 Conference Rooms A&B – 25-50 • Rooms – 2-3 bedroom fully furnished appartments • Wireless mInternet/Fax Fax: (867) 695-2943 Conference Room C – 30 E-mail: [email protected] Conference Room D – 10 • Jacuzzi/Sauna Catering provided and screens and audio-visual • Charters to Nahanni National Park equipment available. Mackenzie Rest Inn • Day trips for groups (10-15 passengers) Tel: (867) 695- 2357 NAHANNI INN Fax: (867) 695-2358 North Nahanni Naturalist Lodge Tel: (867) 695-2201 E-mail: [email protected] (located in Nahanni Mountains) Fax: (867) 695-3000 www.mackenzierest.ca Toll Free: 1-888-880-6665 Tel: (867) 695-2116 • Rooms – 30 • Rooms – 5 • Bed and Breakfast E-mail: [email protected] • Wheelchair Accessible www.nahannilodge.com • Airport shuttle MEETING FACILITIES • Dining Room/Lounge • Capacity 24 in lodge and cabins • Internet FORT SIMPSON RECREATION CENTRE • Fishing, hiking, river tours, air tours • Boardroom- capacity 25 Tel: (867) 695-3300 TRANSPORTATION LODGING • Community Hall - 125 • Gymnasium - 300 Olinto’s Taxi Ltd MARODA MOTEL • Kitchen facilities, catering not provided Tel: (867) 0695-2179 VAN BRUGGEN | CTC Tel: (867) 695-2602 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (867) 695-3000 LOCAL TOURS • Rooms – 15 (8 with kitchens) Shehtah Adventures K&K Expediting • Internet Access Tel: (867) 695-3354, Contact: Floyd Moses Toll Free: 1-877-695-2276 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (867) 695-2276 DEH CHO SUITES www.shehtahadventures.com Fax: (867) 695-2322 Toll Free: 1-877-695 2309 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (867) 695 -2309 • Jet boat tours, fishing, canoeing, photography, www.kandk.ca Fax: (867) 695-3449 guiding services P.R. Contracting Ltd. E-mail: [email protected] Wolverine Air www.dehcho.net Tel: (867) 695-2601, Contact: Pat Rowe Toll Free: 1-888-695-2263 Fax: (867) 695-2597 • Rooms – 6 Tel: (867) 695-2263 2 coaches - capacity 47 each • Breakfast, Full kitchen Fax: (867) 695-3400 2 school buses - capacity 36 each • High speed Internet/ADSL/Wireless E-mail: [email protected] www.wolverineair.com NORTH NAHANNI LODGE

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