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Johnson's Crossing to Ross River
The Canol Road leaves the Alaska Highway at kilometre 1345/mile 836 and travels through the wilderness 210 km/130.5 miles to Ross River, where it intersects with the Robert Campbell Highway. It
continues on past Ross River for another 206 km/128 miles to the border of the Northwest Territories. It's a summer
road only, and there are no services or facilities beyond Ross River. This road parallels the famed $130-million Canol (Canada Oil) pipeline which, until the end of the war, carried oil over 960 km/600 miles from 60 producing wells near the Arctic Circle to a refinery at Whitehorse.
There is a campground at km 77/mile 47.8 Quiet Lake Yukon government campground, 20 camp sites, tables, kitchen shelter,
firewood, boat launch. Fee area.
There are 2 day-use recreation sites at km 67.5 and km 99. Tables, toilets. Boat launch & fishing at km 99.
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