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Dempster Highway, Dawson City YT to Inuvik NWT

Canada’s first all-weather road to cross the Arctic Circle. It is a 735 km (455 mile) two-lane, gravel-surfaced, all-weather highway from the Klondike Highway near Dawson City to Inuvik, Northwest Territories. In September 1993 we drove to the Arctic Circle and returned to Dawson City, same day. In June 1996 we visited Inuvik for the longest day of the year and sun was up all night. July 2011, drove to Tombstone Mountain Park to camp overnight. To the Arctic Circle in June 2015

At the start of the Dempster Highway there is an information sign that provides information about the route, people and landscape.
In the picture below, that is the Dempster Highway on the left.

Sign at the start of the Dempster Highway - July 2011

This notice sign is posted at the beginning of the Dempster Highway - June 2015

In some places, the views go on forever. The signs are the only obstructions!

Road sign indicating 261 km to Eagle "Lodge" and 633 km to Inuvik - June 2015

Tombstone Park boundary on the Dempster Highway- July 2011

The government  campground in Tombstone Park is a nice spot to stay. There are no services. The hiking is great though. There is also an interesting visitor info centre there.

Hiking trail from the Tombstone Park campground on the Dempster Highway- July 2011

Many of the old information signs are no longer in place. I liked them previously.

Information sign at Tombstone Mountain - September 1993

Below, three seasons at Tombstone Mountain. I hope to add a winter scene soon.

Spring at Tombstone Mountain - June 1996

Summer at Tombstone - July 2011

Fall colours at Tombstone Mountain - September 1993

Close up view of Tombstone Mountain - camera zoomed to view it - July 2011

North of Tombstone but still within the park, the landscape is stunning!

Scenery along the Dempster Highway north of Tombstone - July 2011

Dempster Highway and river north of Tombstone Park- July 2011 - 64.606917, -138.351800

Some of following pictures might be out of order. My notes from the trip refer to before Eagle Plains and after Eagle Plains, but not the specific locations.

Northbound on the Dempster Highway - N65.01403° W138.19815° - 30 June 2015

Sign indicating Engineer Creek campground - N65.35170° W138.26799° - June 2015

Ogilvie River in the distance from the Dempster Highway - September 3, 1993

The Dempster Hwy is an airstrip at approx km 391 - N66.50866° W136.55070°

Thirty-five kilometres (22 miles) north of Eagle Plains is the Arctic Circle.
The signage has changed significantly since 1993.

The Arctic Circle viewpoint on the Dempster Highway - N66.56546° W136.30786° - June 2015

Arctic Circle on the Dempster Highway in Yukon - September 3, 1993

Arctic Circle - September 3, 1993

Arctic Circle sign beside the Dempster Highway in Yukon - June 1996

Arctic Circle viewpoint - June 2015

On June 22 at the Arctic Circle, the sun does not set below the horizon.

The Yukon-Northwest Territories border is at kilometre 465 (mile 290).
Inuvik is another 270 km (170 miles) northward.

Mileage sign leaving the Yukon/NWT border heading to Inuvik, 270 km - June 20, 1996

Looking north at the Yukon-Northwest Territories border - June 20, 1996

Looking south from the NWT-Yukon border, with forest fire smoke - June 22, 1996

The smoke from the forest fires created some interesting hues in my images.

Looking south at the NWT-Yukon border (with smoke from forest fires) - June 22, 1996

June 20, 1996 beside the Dempster Highway

At the Peel River ferry, the sign and loading area are not overwhelming.  The ferry came back across the river and we awaited the "signal from the ferry personnel". The "signal" was almost undetectable; it has a very small flick of the fellow's hand as he stood by the ferry.

The Peel River ferry is a cable crossing with scheduled hours from early June to mid-October, depending on the river ice.  In winter, there is an ice bridge at this location.

Peel River ferry crossing northbound on the Dempster Highway- June 20, 1996

Southbound on the Dempster about 10 pm June 22, 1996, in a tremendous rainstorm

Travelling in the rain on the Dempster Highway in the NWT

At Inuvik we stayed at the Happy Valley territorial campground. There isn't much of a downtown -
it is more of a "main drag" through town with some stores, a hotel, a community centre.

We set the alarm clock to wake us up in the middle of the night so we could see the sun.

1 a.m. in the morning in Inuvik - June 21, 1996

1 a.m. in the morning in Inuvik - June 21, 1996

With so much daylight, we left Inuvik late in the afternoon the next day and drove until about
10 p.m., stopping near Eagle Plains on our way southbound.

 

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