We reached the 60th parallel, which is the southern boundary of the Northwest Territories. It is our first time in the Northwest Territories, so now we can add another Canadian territory to the list of places we have visited.









We received a certificate for reaching the 60th parallel. It is a marketing gimmick from the tourism office, but fun nevertheless.







This highway is known as the "waterfalls route", and we began to see why. This is Alexandra Falls, on the Hay River. The drop is 114 feet. An American kayaker once went over the falls and set an unofficial record for kayaking. The impact at the bottom was so strong that it knocked him out of his kayak and ripped off his helmet.






Just  a mile downstream is Louise Falls, which has an unusual shape for the edge of the falls. The drop here is about 50 feet.








These 50 foot falls on McNallie Creek are named after a guy who tried to canoe across the stream a short disctance upstream from the falls. He managed to get out of the canoe and to shore, but the canoe went over the falls.







Lady Evelyn Falls on the Kakisa River are very picturesque; the drop is 52 feet.







We spent the night in Hay River, which is a small fishing town on the shore of Great Slave Lake. Hay River has an unusual skyline. It has this 16 story apartment house, and everything else in town is either one- or two-story. It makes this apartment house look very much out of place.







Another unusual building in Hay River is this purple colored school; we read that the children attending the school chose the color.