I'm not too familiar with the camping, but I live in Town. What I can say is that I've seen alot of bears within close proximity of Town. Near the Cornerstone and right at the cemetary. Keep your eyes open if doing the Crown Land way.
The lake is very low. The "new" shoreline is about 30-40 feet away from where it was last year. I wouldn't trust the weather man, waves on Lesser Slave.....um.....Ever been to the Ocean? Waves can get pretty big in a short time out there.
I've heard that the river mouth (West of highway 88) is hard to get to because of a sand bar at the river mouth, but you have a Zodiak so it shouldn't be a problem. People are launching at other spots (ie Canyon Creek).
Have fun!!
I'm doing my Walleye opener tonight at 12:01 am!!