Hay River, Northwest TerritoriesHay River (South Slavey: Xátł’odehchee), known as "the Hub of the North", is a town and the second-largest community in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The town is located on the south shore of Great Slave Lake at the mouth of the Hay River. It is separated into two sections: A new town and an old town. The Hay River/Merlyn Carter Airport is located between the two sections.
Yellowknife HighwayThe Yellowknife Highway, officially Northwest Territories Highway 3 and also known as the Great Slave Highway, is a highway connecting Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, to the Mackenzie Highway, from a junction 188 kilometres (117 mi) north of the Alberta border. First completed in 1960 as a gravel and dirt road, the highway is now paved and realigned after years of work concluded in 2006.Wrigley, Northwest TerritoriesWrigley (South Slavey language: Pehdzeh Ki "clay place") is a "Designated Authority" in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The Slavey Dene community is located on the east bank of the Mackenzie River, just below its confluence with the Wrigley River and about 466 mi (750 km) northwest of Yellowknife.
National Highway System (Canada)The National Highway System (French: Réseau routier national) in Canada is a federal designation for a strategic transport network of highways and freeways. The system includes but is not limited to the Trans-Canada Highway, and currently consists of 38,098 kilometres (23,673 mi) of roadway designated under one of three classes: Core Routes, Feeder Routes, or Northern and Remote Routes.
Steen River, AlbertaSteen River is a settlement in northern Alberta within Mackenzie County, located on Highway 35, 140 kilometres (87 mi) north of High Level. It is located about 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi) north of the river and 44 kilometres (27 mi) south of the Alberta-Northwest Territories border, which eventually feeds into the Hay River. There is a meteorite crater near the settlement called the Steen River crater.
Grimshaw, AlbertaGrimshaw is a town in northern Alberta, Canada. It is approximately 25 km (16 mi) west of the Town of Peace River at the junction of Highway 2 and Highway 2A and along Mackenzie Northern Railway. By virtue of being the original starting point of Highway 35, which leads to the Northwest Territories, Grimshaw is referred to as Mile Zero of the Mackenzie Highway.Alberta Highway 2Highway 2 (also known as the Queen Elizabeth II Highway between Calgary and Edmonton) is a major highway in Alberta, Canada, that stretches from the Canada–United States border through Alberta's largest cities, Calgary and Edmonton, to Grande Prairie. Running primarily north to south for approximately 1,273 kilometres (791 mi), it is the longest and busiest highway in Alberta, carrying more than 150,000 vehicles per day near Downtown Calgary.Dempster HighwayThe Dempster Highway, also referred to as Yukon Highway 5 and Northwest Territories Highway 8, is a highway in Canada that runs from the Klondike Highway in Yukon east to Inuvik, Northwest Territories on the Mackenzie River delta. The highway crosses the Peel and the Mackenzie rivers using a combination of seasonal ferry services and ice bridges.
Alberta Highway 35Alberta Provincial Highway No. 35, commonly referred to as Highway 35, is a north–south highway in northwestern Alberta, Canada that forms a portion of the Mackenzie Highway. Highway 35, along with portions of Highway 2 and Highway 49, form Alberta's Arctic Corridor that connect the CANMEX Corridor with the Northwest Territories, and is designated as a core route of Canada's National Highway System. Highway 35 is about 464 kilometres (288 mi) long.
Northwest TerritoriesTerritory of CanadaTerritory in CanadaThe Northwest Territories is a territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately 1,127,711.92 square kilometres (435,412.01 sq mi) and a 2026 estimated population of 45,904, it is the second-largest and second-most populous of the three territories in Northern Canada.
World War IIGlobal conflict from 1939 to 1945BelligerentsAlliesAxisCommanders and leadersMain Allied leaders: Joseph StalinFranklin D. RooseveltWinston ChurchillChiang Kai-shekMain Axis leaders: Adolf HitlerHirohitoBenito MussoliniCasualties and losses 60–75 million deaths (military and civilian) World War II, or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945), was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers.
AlbertaProvince of CanadaProvince in CanadaAlberta is a province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, the Northwest Territories to its north, and the U.S. state of Montana to its south. Alberta and Saskatchewan are the only two landlocked provinces.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.