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Whitehorse/Cousins Airport (TC LID: CFP8) is an unpaved airstrip located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) northwest of the city centre between the Alaska Highway and the Yukon River. This airport has no services at all and is used primarily for local pilot training as well as an emergency landing strip.
It is part of the National Airports System, and is owned and operated by the Government of Yukon. [1] The airport was renamed in honor of longtime Yukon Member of Parliament Erik Nielsen on December 15, 2008. [5] The terminal handled 294,000 passengers in 2012, representing a 94% increase in passenger traffic since 2002. [6]
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.
Its 1931 report supported the idea for economic reasons, but both American and Canadian members recognized that a highway would benefit the American military in Alaska. In 1933, the joint commission proposed the U.S. government contribute $2 million of the capital cost, with the $12 million balance borne by the Canadian and BC governments. [5]
The highway begins 40 km (25 mi) east of Dawson City, Yukon on the Klondike Highway.There are no highway or major road intersections along the highway's route. It extends 736 km (457 mi) in a north-northeasterly direction to Inuvik, Northwest Territories, passing through Tombstone Territorial Park and crossing the Ogilvie and Richardson mountain ranges.
Richard Mostyn is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in the 2016 election. [1] He represents the electoral district of Whitehorse West as a member of the Yukon Liberal Party. He is currently the Minister of Highways and Public Works and the Public Service Commission. [2]
Yukon Highway 4, also known as the Robert Campbell Highway or Campbell Highway, is a road between Watson Lake, Yukon on the Alaska Highway to Carmacks, Yukon on the Klondike Highway. It is 583 km (362 mi) long and mostly gravel-surfaced. It serves the communities of Faro and Ross River and intersects the Canol Road near Ross River.
Atlin Road: 42.4 26.3 Hwy 8 south of Jake's Corner: British Columbia border north of Atlin, BC: 6 Tagish Road: 54 34 Hwy 1 in Jake's Corner: Hwy 2 in Carcross: 3 Top of the World Highway: 105 65 Hwy 2 in Dawson City: AK-5 near Little Gold Creek: 10 Nahanni Range Road: 134 83 Hwy 4 north of Tuchitua: Northwest Territories border near Tungsten ...