The Dempster Highway, also referred to as Yukon Highway 5 and Northwest Territories Highway 8, is a highway that connects the Klondike Highway in the Yukon Territory of Canada to Inuvik, Northwest Territories on the Mackenzie River delta. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Before adding any more images to this * * page please do carefully consider * * whether they would be mere decoration * * or actually improve The Klondike Highway links the Alaskan coastal town of Skagway to Yukon 's Dawson City and its route somewhat parallels that used by Yukon (ˈjuːkɒn is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three territories. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Inuvik, (place of man is a town in the Northwest Territories of Canada and is the administrative centre for the Inuvik Region. The Northwest Territories (ˌnɔrθˌwɛstˈtɛrɨtɔriz ( NWT or NT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is a territory The Mackenzie River (Fleuve Mackenzie originates in Great Slave Lake, in the Northwest Territories, and flows north into the Arctic Ocean. A delta is a Landform where the mouth of a River flows into an Ocean, Sea, Estuary, Lake or another river During the winter months, the highway extends another 194 km (121 mi) to Tuktoyaktuk, on the northern coast of Canada, using frozen portions of the Mackenzie River delta as an ice road. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States Tuktoyaktuk, or Tuktuyaaqtuuq ( Inuvialuktun: it looks like a caribou) No formal Archaeological sites exist today but the settlement Ice roads or Ice crossings (which are sometimes referred to as ice bridges) are frozen man-made structures formed on the surface of bays Inlets The highway crosses the Peel River and the Mackenzie Rivers using a combination of seasonal ferry service and ice bridges. The Peel River is a tributary of the Mackenzie River in the Yukon and Northwest Territories in Canada. The Mackenzie River (Fleuve Mackenzie originates in Great Slave Lake, in the Northwest Territories, and flows north into the Arctic Ocean. See also Merchant ship A ferry is a form of transport usually a Boat or Ship, used to carry (or ferry) passengers and Ice bridge is sometimes used as a synonym for Ice road. An ice bridge is a frozen natural structure formed over Seas bays
The highway begins about 40 km (25 mi) east of Dawson City, Yukon on the Klondike Highway and extends 736 km (457 mi) to Inuvik. The Klondike Highway links the Alaskan coastal town of Skagway to Yukon 's Dawson City and its route somewhat parallels that used by
Much of the highway follows an old dog sled trail. A dog sled is a Sled pulled by one or more Sled dogs used to travel over Ice and through Snow. The highway is named after Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector William Dempster, who as a young constable, frequently ran the dog sled trail from Dawson City, Yukon to Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories. A dog sled is a Sled pulled by one or more Sled dogs used to travel over Ice and through Snow. Fort McPherson ( Gwich’in language: Teet'lit Zhen {at the head of the waters} is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest
History
In 1958 the Canadian government made the historic decision to build a 671 km (417 mi) road through the Arctic wilderness from Dawson City to Inuvik. Oil and gas exploration was booming in the Mackenzie Delta and the town of Inuvik was under construction. The road was billed as the first-ever overland supply link to southern Canada, where business and political circles buzzed with talk of an oil pipeline that would run parallel to the road. The two would ultimately connect with another proposed pipeline along the Alaska Highway. The Alaska Highway (also known as the Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, or ALCAN Highway) was constructed during World War II and connects
On 17 August 1959, Ottawa announced that oil had been discovered in the territory’s Eagle Plains and, almost immediately, the government gave major concessions to the oil industry in an attempt to stimulate more exploration in the area. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The politics of Canada function within a framework of Constitutional monarchy and a federal system of parliamentary government with strong democratic It was realised that a highway across the Arctic Circle would be needed to transport equipment, infrastructure and revenue to and from the sites. The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. Consequently, construction began at Dawson City in January 1959. However, the highway's high costs, in addition to ongoing wrangling between the federal and Yukon governments kept progress at a snail’s pace until 1961, when building stopped altogether. Only 115 km (72 mi) of roadbed had been built before the project was abandoned.
There were no more developments until 1968, when a discovery of huge reserves of oil and gas at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska was made. Prudhoe Bay (ˈpruːdoʊ is a Census-designated place (CDP located in North Slope Borough in the U This led to increased competition between the authorities in America and Canada. Billions of dollars were at stake, and political fortunes hung in the balance on both sides of the border. The Canadian government was afraid that the United States would develop the massive oil field with no consultation, no consideration and no benefits to its next-door neighbour. It wanted to assert Canadian sovereignty over the Arctic seabed off the Yukon’s north coast in the Beaufort Sea, and over the waters among the Arctic islands which, though claimed by Canada, were asserted by the United States as high seas.
Final Construction
The Dempster Highway - Canada’s first all-weather road to cross the Arctic Circle - was officially opened on 18 August 1979, at Flat Creek, Yukon. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) It was unveiled as a two-lane, gravel-surfaced, all-weather highway that ran 671 kilometres (417 miles) from the Klondike Highway near Dawson City to Fort McPherson and Arctic Red River in the Northwest Territories. Arctic Red River is the name of a tributary to the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The Canadian Armed Forces 1st Combat Engineer Regiment from Chilliwack, British Columbia, built the two major bridges over the Ogilvie and Eagle rivers. Chilliwack can refer to Chilliwack British Columbia, a city in Canada Chilliwack the Sasquatch of Harrison Lake British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Ferries handle the traffic at the Peel River crossing near Fort McPherson and the Arctic Red River crossing near Tsiigehtchic. Fort McPherson ( Gwich’in language: Teet'lit Zhen {at the head of the waters} is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Tsiigehtchic ("mouth of the iron river" (officially the Charter Community of Tsiigehtchic) is a Gwich’in community located at the confluence of the The design of the highway is unique, primarily due to the intense physical conditions it is put through. The highway itself sits on top of a gravel berm to insulate the permafrost in the soil underneath. The thickness of the gravel pad ranges from 1. 2 m (4 ft) up to 2. 4 m (8 ft) in some places. Without the pad, the permafrost would melt and the road would sink into the ground.
In addition to services in Fort McPherson, Tsiigehtchic and Inuvik, there is one location with commercial services along the highway, at Eagle Plains. It is an important fuel and food stop because of the great distance, and harbours stranded travelers when the highway is closed due to extreme weather conditions. (Until 1979, the highway was only open in summer. )
During the early 1990s, Northwestel erected microwave towers along the highway to facilitate public safety with manual mobile telephone service and to provide government agencies such as highway maintenance and the RCMP with communications. Northwestel (a short-form name sometimes spelt NorthwesTel, for Northwest Telecommunications) Inc The Mobile Telephone Service (MTS is a pre- cellular VHF radio system that links to the PSTN. The microwave project was opposed by some environmental interests and those who preferred the pristine appearance of the route. A suggestion to install fibre optics would not have enabled mobile communications. Since then, the route has become the terrestrial link to the exchanges in the Mackenzie Delta region.
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