CANADA'S NORTH FISHING MAP — YUKON, NWT & NUNAVUT

Fishing Hot Spots

From the Yukon River at Whitehorse and the mountain lakes of Kluane, across Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake, home of the world-record lake trout, to the giant lakes of northern Saskatchewan and the Arctic char rivers of Nunavut. Tap any star or dot to see what it is and what to fish there.

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Parks & rules

Data rule: River spots are points on the OpenStreetMap river line (some nearest the named town, others a general location on a long river), and lake spots are the general center of the lake, not a pinpoint. Launches and points come from OpenStreetMap, and the national and territorial parks come from the World Database on Protected Areas and are shown in dashed red, because fishing there follows their own rules. Every star shows its source when you tap it. BigJoe does not invent coordinates. The exact sources used on this map are listed under Map sources & checks below.
Select a Fishing Hot Spot on the map or from the list below.
★ Fishing Hot SpotBoat rampMarinaWreckObstructionRock (yellow = awash)Coral / rock bottomCanyonWeather/tide stationNo-fishing zone (solid red)Protected area, fishing with rules (dashed red)

Safety: these are planning references. Use current official charts, weather and marine alerts and proper safety equipment before heading out.

Lake guides for this map

Month-by-month patterns, fish, ramps and rules for each water:

📘 Yukon & Northwest Territories

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Fishing Hot Spots by area

Big lakes and Arctic rivers. Tap one to fly to it on the map.

World-record lake trout and Arctic char under the midnight sun

Canada's North is where the biggest lake trout on Earth live. Great Bear Lake holds the all-tackle world record (72 pounds), and Great Slave Lake, Lake Athabasca, Tazin and Kasba lakes all grow trout of 30 pounds and more. Northern pike, Arctic grayling and inconnu (sheefish) fill the rivers, and in Nunavut the Arctic char run up rivers like the Tree River, home of the world-record char.

In summer the sun barely sets, so you can fish almost around the clock. Most of the famous water is reached by float plane with a licensed lodge, but Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Hay River, Inuvik and Iqaluit all have fishing you can reach on your own.

Rules: each territory sells its own licence, many waters have trophy rules that ask you to release big lake trout, and fishing in national parks needs a park permit. Check the territorial regulations and your lodge before you go.

BigJoe’s gear for Yukon, NWT & Nunavut

What BigJoe would bring to fish these waters.

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Map sources & checks

Coverage
Yukon, Northwest Territories & Nunavut. Mapped features come from public datasets and can be incomplete or out of date: a missing reef, ramp or wreck does not mean it is not there.
Map data
Hot spots
20 hot spots, each with its own source (tap any star to see it): OpenStreetMap/Nominatim named place (general position, not a pinpoint) (9), point on an OpenStreetMap river or lake line (general location) (7), OpenStreetMap boat ramp (3), OpenStreetMap mapped feature (1).
Protected areas
33 protected areas from the official list above, drawn in dashed red. Fishing rules inside them are set by the managing agency; check with them before you fish.
Chart layers (Charts button)
GEBCO ocean depth and OpenSeaMap buoys, lights and markers. GEBCO and OpenSeaMap are useful references, not official navigation charts.
Weather & tides
See Weather & Tides for this area: Open-Meteo weather and marine models. Tides here are estimated from a global sea-level model, not official tide tables.
Dates
This page last updated October 15, 2026. Each dataset keeps its own retrieval date, shown above.

⚠️ Planning reference only, not for navigation. Use current official charts, weather and marine alerts, and proper safety gear before heading out.

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