Eastern Ontario to Yellowknife

Great advice. Thanks.

I driven to Yellowknife in Aug 2008 as I estimate north of the Edzo Bridge (Frank Channel) you will drive thru some intermittent frost heaves the last 50 miles or 80kms or so but is childs play compared to Ingraham Trail route which were baaaaad frost heaves, I only driven to Yellowknife River on that route in my camper it was so bumpy.

Must stops along the way are :

Grimshaw at mile 0 MacKenzie Route if you are into antique vehicles the Antique Truck Museum which has pristine rigs on display...

Do top off fuel at High Level, people there seemed amped up the day I was there but there were 4 establishments that reminded me of Las Vegas.

Stop at the NWT border of course with the Sixtieth Parallel Territorial Park, Alexandria Falls and Twin Falls Territorial Parks are splendid, I also recommend taking the 16mi- 25km side trip from Enterprise Junction to Hay River as I also stayed at Hay River Territorial Park which is nearby along the shore of Great Slave Lake with immediate access.....Hay River has the cheapest fuel in the NWT if you are spendy cautious when it comes to fuel, top off there as well.

I am jealous you will be driving on the new Deh Cho Bridge over MacKenzie River once you are on NWT 3 route on the final stretch towards Yellowknife...

A few miles after the new bridge, if you like fried chicken, stop at the gas station at the Fort Providence Junction as it is real good stuff, (the boat launch is in back of the station-store on the banks of the MacKenzie) the side trip into Fort Providence is a nice setting too seeing the river from a higher ground standpoint.

Not to mention slaloming around the many bison and the buffalo chips along the roadway towards Yellowknife.

A must stop at the shore of North Arm Territorial Park also.

Wish I had the time to make another trip to Yellowknife.

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Tripalot wrote:

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We lived in Sudbury for 7 years and we were amazed at the similarity between Sudbury and Yellowknife.

Way colder in the territories than Sudbury

Possibly - have been in Whitehorse a few times in March and it was beautiful. Lovely blue skies, clean white snow - great skiing! Not the same damp cold we get in Southern Ontario.

Whitehorse is considerably south of our home. We are in Dawson.

Been there a few times too - very pretty place.

Tripalot wrote:

ghostrider421 wrote:

Tripalot wrote:


We lived in Sudbury for 7 years and we were amazed at the similarity between Sudbury and Yellowknife.

Way colder in the territories than Sudbury

Possibly - have been in Whitehorse a few times in March and it was beautiful. Lovely blue skies, clean white snow - great skiing! Not the same damp cold we get in Southern Ontario.

Whitehorse is considerably south of our home. We are in Dawson.

ghostrider421 wrote:

Tripalot wrote:


We lived in Sudbury for 7 years and we were amazed at the similarity between Sudbury and Yellowknife.

Way colder in the territories than Sudbury

Possibly - have been in Whitehorse a few times in March and it was beautiful. Lovely blue skies, clean white snow - great skiing! Not the same damp cold we get in Southern Ontario.

Tripalot wrote:


We lived in Sudbury for 7 years and we were amazed at the similarity between Sudbury and Yellowknife.

Way colder in the territories than Sudbury

Best of luck to you in your new location. We loved our trip to Yellowknife a few years ago. The advice about the c.g. in Hay River is good.

We lived in Sudbury for 7 years and we were amazed at the similarity between Sudbury and Yellowknife. The hills, rocks, lakes, trees and the way the gov't buildings are situated are very similar. I was surprised at the number of familiar stores.

Be sure to report back on how your trip went.

I have heard it was rough that last stretch. I was in Yellowknife in April heading up the Ingraham Trail and it was a wild ride just in a truck. A nice camper tore its scissor jacks off on a dip. I will go slow.

We thought of cutting through the USA, but decided to stick with an all Canadian route. First time Walmart camping as well.

We are heading the opposite direction this week - from Dawson to the UP.

We are heading the opposite direction this week - from Dawson to the UP.