Category: Dempster highway
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Dawson City or bust
August 30-31 My return trip down the Dempster went without a hitch – mostly. I managed to make the entire trip up and back without a flat tire, a fairly common occurrence on that slate gravel road. The only issue was my ongoing misfortune with the weather. Cloud and rain followed me for much of…
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Top of the world
Monday, August 28-29 (yes, I’m way behind in my blog) For now, Inuvik sits at the end of the Dempster highway. Come November, though, all that will change with the opening of the Dempster extension to Tuktoyaktuk just east of the Mackenzie delta on the Arctic Ocean. This additional 190 km of gravel road will…
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As the raven flies
I forgot to mention in my last blog post a great little story from my second night at Tombstone Park. I was making dinner in the common kitchen shelter (which, by the way, was fully enclosed and contained a kick-ass wood burning stove that kept the shelter toasty warm and its occupants dry) when a…
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The end of the road
When I was 12 years old, my parents gave me a Readers’ Digest Road Atlas of Canada. It was supposed to be a Christmas present but Mom tucked it away in a closet after receiving it in the mail and then forgot to give it to me. Months later, as my birthday approached, she stumbled…
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