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
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, during
World War II
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. The pipeline no longer exists, but the long
Yukon
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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