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E GREAT TRAIL Lesser Slave River’s contribution to Canada’s recreational trail system provides a multitude of activities for all. 11 GREENWAY TRAIL FREIGHTER LAKESHORE TRAIL 2 BLUEWAY TRAIL LESSER SLAVE RIVER BLUEWAY TRAIL 3 The Freighter Lakeshore Trail is 18 km. The Lesser Slave River Blueway Trail is 65 km. Leading from Marten Beach into the Town of Slave Lake, this trail runs through Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park. The trail boasts spectacular views and allows unpowered leisure activities like hiking, cycling, snowshoeing and skiing. This portion of The Great Trail is actually the connected waterways of the Lesser Slave, Otauwau, Fawcett and Saulteaux Rivers. The Blueway Trail runs from the weir on the Lesser Slave River to Smith and ends at the Athabasca River, where the Moose Portage to Smith Trail begins. mdlsr.ca/Greenway-Trail mdlsr.ca/Blueway-Trail