Top Things to do in Fort Smith
8 Nature & Parks in Fort Smith That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Fort Smith, United States including Queen Elizabeth Territorial Park, Mountain Portage Rapids Trail, Fort Smith Mission Heritage Park, Rapids of the Drowned Hike, Pontoon Lake Territorial Park, Prosperous Lake Territorial Park, Madeline Lake Territorial Park, Naats'ihch'oh National Park Reserve.
1. Queen Elizabeth Territorial Park
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5.0 based on 5 reviews
Located just outside of the community of Fort Smith, this park has 24 powered campsites and a number of nearby attractions. There are trails around the park and to great views of the Slave River, whose rapids are a world-class venue for white water kayaking and rafting. The Park is 260 km from the Alberta/NWT Boarder along NWT Highway 1, to get here take NWT Highway 5, east towards Fort Smith. Keep your eyes peeled for wildlife along the way; including Wood Bison, black bear, and summer colonies of white pelicans in their northernmost outpost in the world.
2. Mountain Portage Rapids Trail
3. Fort Smith Mission Heritage Park
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4.5 based on 10 reviews
Fort Smith Mission Heritage Park is all that remains of the, original 151 acre, Oblate Catholic Mission that operated in Fort Smith from 1876 to the early 1980’s. Located at what is now the centre of the community, the Oblate Mission maintained a Bishop's Residence, St. Isodore's Church, assorted sheds, repair shops, a hospital with associated nun's residence, a residential school, large fields for the growing of crops, and even an airstrip. Today, the sites of several buildings have been removed but you can still see, the Bishop's residence built in 1911, the Cathedral, the fields that were cultivated (some of which have been restored), the storage shed, carpentry shop, vehicle repair shop, the hospital building built in 1952 to replace earlier structures and The Grotto. The park has a quaint walking path, with a self-guided tour that describes the history and activities of the historic mission.
