Canol Road

Highway 6 in Yukon, Canada
Canol Road
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Basic data
Operator:	Yukon Department of Highways and Public Works
Start of the street:	Johnson's Crossing (off the Alaska Highway ) ( 60 ° 29 ′  N , 133 ° 18 ′  W )
End of street:	in the Mackenzie Mountains on the border with the Northwest Territories ( 63 ° 15 ′  N , 130 ° 2 ′  W )
Overall length:	449 km
Region :
Course of the road Yukon W to Whitehorse , SO to Teslin Johnson's Crossing W to Carmacks , O to Watson Lake Ross River Pelly River Twin Creeks Airport South Macmillan River Border with the Northwest Territories  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The Canol Road (or Canadian American Norman Oil Road ) was originally a project from the Second World War, in which the aim was to run a pipeline from Norman Wells to Whitehorse . Today the Canol Pipeline no longer exists , unlike the 449 kilometer stretch maintained by the Yukon government .

This road begins on the Alaska Highway near the Teslin River and runs from there to the Yukon border with the Northwest Territories . It is approximately 126 kilometers east of Whitehorse .

The section of road south of Ross River is also known as South Canol Road , the section of road north of Ross River as North Canol Road .

Web links

Commons : Canol Road  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• http://www.alaskahighwayarchives.ca./en/chap5/index.php

Individual evidence

1. ^ Barry, Patricia S. The Canol project: an adventure of the US war department in Canada's northwest. Edmonton, 1985, p. iv.