travellersonthebackroads
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Buckle up – this is a long one. September 1st, 2026 This morning we embarked on the last leg to reach Tuktoyaktuk. We left Inuvik at around 11:00am to head straight north… in a roundabout way. The Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway opened November 15, 2017. It is the first and only public all-weather highway in Canada that… Read more
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It rained some last night; it didn’t seem like too much, but apparently I was mistaken. The Dempster told us different. We’ve read and heard about how dusty the Dempster is, with its blinding dust, and we did get a little bit of that yesterday, but with the rain, it’s a whole different ballgame. We… Read more
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We started travelling a bit later this morning. Although we’re all organized, the weather is apparently going to change. So I decided to pre-cook a few things so that we can just heat up dinner in the cabin should it be too chilly. When we left camp near Terrace, the temperature was 23 degrees. That… Read more
