The Dempster Highway, also referred to as Yukon Highway 5 and Northwest Territories Highway 8, is a highway in Canada that connects the Klondike Highway in Yukon to Inuvik, Northwest Territories on the Mackenzie River delta. The highway crosses the Peel River and the Mackenzie Rivers using a combination of seasonal ferry service and ice bridges. Year-round road access from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk opened in November 2017 with the completion of the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway, creating the first all-weather road route, connecting to the Canadian road network with the Arctic Ocean, in Canada.
I thought it was just a glitch, but when zoomed in close enough, we can see that this road actually has ends. The south end looks a bit strange, but the north end appears to be legit.
Some of this inconsistency could probably be explained by the Construction History of our Dempster Highway. I don't know... may be the areal photograph was taken before the road was completed, but... who starts building a road in the middle.
- The highway is named for the famous Yukon Mountie William Dempster, who earned renown for discovering the fate of The Lost Patrol.
- Dempster Highway - Wikipedia
Google Maps: Dempster Highway
On Google Maps nothing appears to be out of the ordinary. The road appears to be what you'd expect. It starts where it is supposed to and ends where it should. In other words it goes from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk, or vice versa. It does not matter how much you zoom in, the road is there.- Direct G-Maps Link to the Dempster Highway
ArcGIS Maps: Dempster Highway
But when looked at via ArcGIS maps, we end up with a phantom road. It only exists when zoomed out. Yet, when we zoom in we end up with the below setup.- Direct ArcGis Maps Link to the Dempster Highway
North End
South End
What's this?
General Area
The general area where our Dempster Highway, allegedly going from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk, perfectly fits the below SH thread. In general, whatever produced the Hudson Bay, tore surrounding lands to pieces. If the area was populated before the emergence of the H-Bay, we can only imagine hat happened to all those people.
South End
What's this?
General Area
Some of this inconsistency could probably be explained by the Construction History of our Dempster Highway. I don't know... may be the areal photograph was taken before the road was completed, but... who starts building a road in the middle.
- Feel free to share your opinions on this road.
