Canol Road

Yukon Highway 6 marker
Canol Road
Yukon Highway 6
Route information
Maintained by Yukon DOH&PW
Length279 mi (449 km)
Major junctions
South end Hwy 1 (Alaska Highway) near Teslin, YT
Major intersections Hwy 4 (Robert Campbell Highway) in Ross River, YT
North endCanol Heritage Trail at the Northwest Territories border
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceYukon
Highway system
Hwy 5 Hwy 7
South Canol Road near the headwaters of Ross River

The Canol Road was part of the Canol Project and was built to construct a pipeline from Norman Wells, Northwest Territories southwest to Whitehorse, Yukon, during World War II. The pipeline no longer exists, but the 449 kilometres (279 mi) long Yukon portion of the road is maintained by the Yukon Government during summer months. The portion of the road that still exists in the NWT is called the Canol Heritage Trail. Both road and trail are incorporated into the Trans-Canada Trail.

The Canol Road starts at Johnson's Crossing on the Alaska Highway near the Teslin River bridge, 126 kilometres (78 mi) east of Whitehorse, Yukon, and runs to the Northwest Territories border. The highway joins the Robert Campbell Highway near Ross River, Yukon, where there is a cable ferry across the Pelly River, and an old footbridge, still in use, that once supported the pipeline.


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