Wildlife of the Northwest Territories, Canada

Taken during a canoe trip through the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary, down the Clarke and Thelon Rivers. We examined many Arctic Wolf dens, unfortunately none of them were active. We saw and heard Arctic Wolves, but I never managed to get a photo of one.


Muskox (Ovibos moschatus)

Wolf skull

Wolf den

Alpine Laurel (Kalmia microphylla)

Tracks of the Barren Ground Grizzly.

Wolf den

Arctic Greyling (Thymallus arcticus)

Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush)

Wolf tracks

Mountain Avens (Dryas integrifolia)

Labrador Tea (Ledum palustre)

Moss Campion (Silena acaulis)

Tufted Saxifrage (Saxifraga caespitosa)

Tundra Swan

Wolf skull

Wolf den

Peregrine Falcon

Muskox skull

Muskox

Wolf track

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