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01-09-09, 04:28
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That old Mackenzie River flows a lot of water. Where it flows out of Great Slave Lake it's about 1 1/2 miles wide and 25 to 40 feet deep and making 20 knots. When the spring flood hits it gets deeper and makes 30 knots sometimes. The ferry can't go this fast so has to shut down at times. The ferry keeps running at freezeup and keeps its route open until the ice is safe for cars to cross. The cars drive on the ice a few hundred feet from the ferry's route.That super bee full of fuel was crossing when the ice was placarded for 4 tonnes maximum but the driver knew better.
The bridge they're building is kind of a boondoggle. The powers to be started building it without it being approved until the shipping officials started wondering how the big loads were going to be able to get under it. Now they're finishing the piers while someone else redesigns the roadway with an approved design and some way to let the loads through. This spring there was a 7 story apartment building went somewhere down the river on a barge. The tug and barge pix were taken in Hay River where they're based. That derelict tug shares the land with quite a few other abandoned boats.
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02-09-09, 01:27
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David, we got our map of canada out to have a look where you've been, on our map not many roads lead from Yellowknife. It must have been a good adventure, when we first went to canada we thought we could drive in winter to Hudson Bay and have a look not realising until we were told that no roads go there, especially in winter.
Max
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