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The Dempster Highway, ... with the completion of the Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway, [1] ... Opening of the Dempster Highway; Map of the highway Archived 2012-04-23 at ...
The road begins at the end of the Dempster Highway in Inuvik, Northwest Territories and continues for 138 km (86 mi) north towards Tuktoyaktuk, a coastal community on the Arctic Ocean. The ITH includes eight bridges, and is a two-lane gravel road for its entirety. [16] On April 29, 2017, the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk ice road closed for the last time.
Highway 1: 690.0: 428.7 Highway 35 at Alberta border north of Indian Cabins: Wrigley: Mackenzie Highway 1949: current Longest highway in the territory Highway 2: 48.6: 30.2 Highway 1 in Enterprise: Northwest corner of Vale Island in Hay River: Hay River Highway 1949: current Shortest highway in the territory Highway 3: 338.8: 210.5
Tuktoyaktuk (/ ˌ t ʌ k t ə ˈ j æ k t ʌ k / TUK-tə-YAK-tuk; Inuvialuktun: Tuktuyaaqtuuq [təktujaːqtuːq], lit. ' it looks like a caribou ') [5] is an Inuvialuit hamlet near the Mackenzie River delta in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, at the northern terminus of the Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway.
Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road, an extension of the Dempster Highway, was an ice road on frozen Mackenzie River delta channels and the frozen Arctic Ocean between the Northwest Territories communities of Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, in Canada. The road closed permanently on 29 April 2017 at the end of the 2016-2017 winter season. [1] Construction of an all ...
Dempster Highway: 465 289 Hwy 2 near Glenboyle: Highway 8 southwest of Fort McPherson, NWT: 8 South Canol Road: 219.1 136.1 Hwy 1 in Johnson's Crossing: Hwy 4 south of Ross River: 8 North Canol Road: 234.7 145.8 Hwy 4 south of Ross River: Northwest Territories border near Canol Heritage Trail, NWT: 7 Atlin Road: 42.4 26.3 Hwy 8 south of Jake's ...
It is frequented by travellers headed for Inuvik or Tuktoyaktuk. The locality also has indigenous centres on site for nearby indigenous tribes. Eagle Plains serves as the terminus of a temporary winter road which is sometimes built to transport freight into the community of Old Crow , which is normally only accessible by air.
Dempster Highway Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway: Waterways: Mackenzie River: Climate: Dfc: Website: www.inuvik.ca: Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, [3] Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, [6] Canada Flight Supplement [7] ^A 2018 figure based on Edmonton = 100 [8] ^B 2019 figure based on Yellowknife = 100 [8]