Finding Our Way
Day 6 – Tuktoyaktuk (Arctic Ocean) to Inuvik – 152km (95 miles) – 5 hours We departed the beach at the Arctic Ocean (sob, sob…) early in the morning as we knew it could be a long drive back to Inuvik. We weren’t targeting any place further than Inuvk on
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Day 5 – Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk – 152 km (95 miles) – 3 hours Off we go! We are leaving Inuvik and driving 148km (92 miles) to the town of Tuktoyaktuk (known as Tuk) along the Arctic Ocean. The unpaved road we are driving is called the Inuvik to Tuk
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Day 4 – Arctic Circle to Inuvik – 328 km (204 miles) – 9 hours Read our “Summary of the Dempster” post for an overview of The Dempster! Today’s drive turned out to be a long one. After awhile the constant bumps jar your brain or what’s left of it!
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Yes, we are going to drive (or attempt to drive) the infamous Dempster Highway all the way to the Arctic Ocean!! In our motorhome!!! Yikes! We hope it survives! The Dempster Highway (Yukon Highway 5 and Northwest Territories Highway 8) is about a 740 km (460 mile) unpaved road which
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It’s that time of year when many RVers are working away busily preparing (if not already on their way) for their long awaited trip to Alaska, the wild frontier! When talking to other RVers, the subject of “Driving to Alaska” comes up now and again as we sit around the
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Another wonderful Northwest Territories Park. Home to Alexandra and Louise Falls and a terrific campground with large sites and great hiking and the soothing sound of waterfalls as you sleep. Campground: Twin Falls Territorial ParkLocation: In the Northwest Territories just north of Alberta on the MacKenzie Highway and south of
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The last territorial park you will pass heading east along the Ingraham Trail is Reid Lake Territorial Park. A beautiful park on the lake. If you go on a weekend in summer make sure you have a reservation as it gets full from all the locals in Yellowknife. Don’t camp
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The Ingraham Trail, also known as Highway 4, extends east from Yellowknife all the way to Tibbitt Lake, about 70 kilometers. It is also known as the “Road to Resources” into the interior of the Arctic. There are a number of recreational activities along the trail with many lakes, territorial
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Touring Yellowknife! Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories and is located on the northern shore of the Great Slave Lake. It sits about 250 miles south of the Arctic Circle and has a population of approximately 20,000 people. Even though it gets quite cold in the winter it
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A great place to stay while touring around Yellowknife! Lots of nice large sites! But it does fill up. The dump and the fresh water were broken when we were there. OK, now what? No one seemed to know where we could get any water. So, we drove around town
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