Fishing near Fort Smith, Northwest Territories

Fort Smith sits on the edge of Wood Buffalo National Park in the Northwest Territories, where the Slave River runs right through town and the surrounding boreal landscape is laced with rivers and remote lakes. The area is well known for walleye (locally called pickerel), northern pike, and lake trout, drawing anglers to the Slave River, Salt River, and the many backcountry waters accessible by road or fly-in.