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Second Joint Caribou Meeting – Ross River Dena and Sahtú Region, Aug
Summary Report Second Joint Caribou Meeting – Ross River Dena and Sahtú Region Held Aug. 31-Sep. 2, 2016 Tulı́t'a, NT Correct citation: 2017. DRAFT Summary Report: Second Joint Caribou Meeting – Ross River Dena and Sahtú Region, Aug. 31-Sep. 2, 2016, Tulıt́ ’a, NT. Consultant’s report prepared July 2017 by Janet Winbourne for the Ɂehdzo Got’ı̨nę Gots’e ̨́ Naḱ edı (Sahtú Renewable Resources Board). Tulıt́ ’a, NT. 45 pp. Cover photo: Jean Polfus Ross River Dena Council and Sahtú representatives i 2016 Meeting Summary The 2016 Joint Mountain Caribou Meeting was held August 31 to September 2 in Tulıt́ 'a, NT. Co-hosted by the Tulıt́ 'a and Norman Wells Renewable Resources Councils, the intent of the meeting was to work with the Ross River Dena Council to address concerns about the well-being of Gudzih / Shuh́ ta Goɂepe ̨́ in the Dechenla / K’á Tǝ́ (Macmillan Pass / Canol) area. The meeting was a follow-up to the first meeting held in 2014, when Sahtú delegates were hosted in Tu Łidlini (the community of Ross River), Yukon Territory. Discussions at the first ‘cross-boundary’ meeting in 2014 helped to clarify problems, create dialogue, and build relationships between representatives of different regions, different levels of government, business and community members. If the first meeting helped to set the foundation necessary for future cooperative action, the second was more about finding Photo: Deborah Simmons, SRRB solutions to the problems identified previously. Some priorities identified for immediate action in 2016 include: Monitoring the harvest Restricting access & educating hunters Communication & finding support Protecting habitat. -
The CANOL TRAIL BACKGROUND
TRAILG hI hLIGhTS ML I e 8: Most of Camp CANOL was bulldozed to the The CANOL TRAIL ground in 1977. A few derelict Quonset huts remain. The old post office that has been used recently for stabling BACKGROUND horses still stands. c a EmGC eR eN y SheLTeR MILe 22: The N oe government built an emergency tent shelter at Twenty- N CANOL, short for Canadian Oil, was a project funded or five Mile Creek, but bears and weather have opened it t H m a ar by the American military to build a pipeline from to the 4 winds. d V K e P N a t tric Norman Wells, Northwest Territories to Whitehorse, mil e 36: (Cover) One of the most commonly visited U r es Yukon during World War II as the result of a possible sites, one of the only remaining pumphouse structures. K Japanese attack on Alaska in 1942. ML I e 42-43: Partially submerged caboose in creek bed. Two cabooses and a trailer [are] in line on the road. The pipeline was required to provide oil for machinery, P SUMP TATION # 4. MILe 108: Many buildings and vehicles remain. One Quonset hut in good vehicles and aircraft used in the construction of the condition with stove, table, {some} cots. The road at Alaska Highway and to meet the demands of the U.S. camp 108 is used as a short, narrow airstrip. and Canadian Troops in the far north that required a ML I e # 170: PUMP STATION #5: Pump house, c a N steady supply of oil. -
Randonnées De Rêve Dans L'ouest Canadien Et En Alaska
Xavier Simon Bonacorsi Deschênes Nos Photographe, kinésiologue, constructeur Enseignant de profession, Simon et disciple de la maxime : « la vie se Deschênes est un passionné de passe dehors », Xavier Bonacorsi randonnée en montagne et un adepte auteurs, s’est découvert une passion pour la de la course sur sentier. Fervent de véritables montagne et la longue randonnée alors d’aventure, il a parcouru plusieurs qu’il habitait Whistler, en Colombie- régions montagneuses un peu partout passionnés Britannique, il y a une trentaine en Amérique du Nord, notamment dans d’années. S’il a depuis planté sa tente l’Ouest canadien, au Québec et dans de randonnée et usé ses bottes dans les chemins de l’Est américain, et a contribué aux montagne de plusieurs pays, il conserve guides Ulysse Randonnée pédestre au une affection particulière pour la nature Québec et Randonnée pédestre Nord-Est sauvage et grandiose de l’Amérique des États-Unis. Été comme hiver, il est du Nord. Xavier écrit maintenant pour toujours prêt à enfiler ses bottes de divers magazines de photographie, randonnée pour partir à la découverte de d’entraînement et de plein air. On peut nouveaux sentiers. Maintenant papa de entre autres lire ses récits de voyage jumelles, il initie ses deux enfants aux d’aventure et ses tests d’équipement de plaisirs de la randonnée et de l’aventure. plein air dans le magazine Espaces et sur www.nature-humaine.ca. Rodolphe Anne Frédérique Lasnes Pélouas Sauvée Rodolphe Lasnes est écrivain, auteur Anne Pélouas a commencé à faire de Jamais loin de ses chaussures de guides de voyage et passionné de la randonnée avec sac à dos à l’âge de marche, Frédérique Sauvée randonnée. -
4 Port and Supply Chain Competitiveness
4 Port and Supply Chain Competitiveness This chapter provides a description of the competitive situation with respect to the use of the Port of Skagway for mineral concentrate, re-supply and potential intermodal traffic. 4.1 Mineral Concentrate – Port Competitiveness 4.1.1 Port versus Port Ports and their linking transport logistics chains for the Yukon’s major export products were assessed from the perspective of estimates of truck transport costs to competing ports. In the case of mineral development in the Yukon, the only practical ports for access are Skagway and Stewart. The following analysis thus focuses on these two ports. Very few route options exist for the movement of mineral concentrates: Alaska Highway (1) Robert Campbell Highway (4) Klondike Highway (2 and 8) Canol Road (6) Stewart Cassiar Highway (37) These are illustrated in Figure 4-1 below. FIGURE 4-1 Principal Highways SKAGWAY PORT DEVELOPMENT PLAN 4-1 4. PORT AND SUPPLY CHAIN COMPETITIVENESS As noted earlier in this report, mining activity is focused in areas surrounding Carmacks, Ross River and Watson Lake. Any mineral concentrate traffic would have to move through these communities to get to a port. Accordingly, it is useful to determine the distance from each of these communities to the ports of Skagway and Stewart and the associated transportation costs. Table 4-1 provides a summary of the distances, via various routes, to the ports at Skagway and Stewart. TABLE 4-1 Distance to Ports Origin Destination Routing One-way Distance (km) Carmacks Skagway Hwy 2 350 Stewart Hwy 2/1/37 1,218 The Skagway Advantage 868 km Ross River Skagway Hwy 4/6/1/8/2 435 Hwy 4/6/1/2 495 Hwy 4/2 579 Stewart Hwy 4/1/37 1,017 The Skagway Advantage 438 – 582 km Watson Lake Skagway Hwy 1/8/2 513 Hwy 1/2 573 Stewart Hwy 37 648 The Skagway Advantage 75 – 135 km As indicated in this Table, Skagway is much closer than Stewart for mines in the Carmacks and Ross River areas. -
CANOL Trail Project Supporting Document 2 – Engagement Plan
CANOL Trail Project Supporting Document 2 – Engagement Plan and Log Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada Contaminants and Remediation Directorate January 2015 Page | 0 Table of Contents Project Description .................................................................................................................................. 2 Goals/Objectives ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Project Background ................................................................................................................................. 4 Canol Trail History ............................................................................................................................... 4 Current Land Use ................................................................................................................................. 5 Identified Stakeholders/Engagement Participants ................................................................................... 5 Methods of Engagement ......................................................................................................................... 6 Previous Engagement Activities ........................................................................................................... 6 Proposed Engagement Activities Moving Forward ............................................................................... 7 Relationship Building .............................................................................................................................. -
South Canol Road Launch
along the road. In 1943, 1943, In road. the along no services services no The South Canol stretches 230 km from from km 230 stretches Canol South The the to access provides road seasonal This Johnsons Crossing to Ross River and there there and River Ross to Crossing Johnsons are contractors their and army American the supply or “tote” a as Road Canol the built short-lived a of route the parallels It road. the near Canol, Camp from pipeline oil Northwest Wells, Norman at wells oil Crossing. Johnsons to Terrritories, The Yukon. central south the of wilderness the above often ridges, follows Canol South views. scenic many provide that line, tree is there ecoregion, Mountain Pelly the In alpine to forest boreal from transition a high The forest. coniferous and tundra systems weather coastal intercepts be will country You climate. “wet-belt” a this make to territory traditional the through travelling First Tlingit interior and Kaska the of Nations. SOUTH Road Canol 13 Lapie River – km 212.9 The Lapie River Canyon is small but spectacular. There is a short walking trail 15 Ross River – km 225.5 � � � � � � from the bridge and stone sheep can Information about local guides and sometimes be seen on the mountains to ����������������� � � � � � � � outfitters is available in the hotel at the west. In 1943, there was a Bechtel- Ross River. Use the historic footbridge Price-Callahan sawmill near here for or the car ferry to cross the Pelly River � � � bridge and camp construction. �������� and continue your adventure along the 12 Fox Creek – km 191 North Canol. -
Highlights of Wildlife Management in the Yukon During the Seventies And
Highlights of Wildlife Management in the Yukon during the Seventies and early Eighties with Emphasis on Sheep Prepared for Yukon Fish and Wildlife Branch by Manfred Hoefs March 2009 Table of content Introduction 3 Sheep Hunting Regulations 4 Restrictions on A TV use in the Kluane Lake Area 5 Easing Tension between Outfitters and resident Hunters 6 Boundary changes of Concession No 13 6 Government Buy-out of Concession No. 18 7 Tennination of Concession No. 21 8 Wildlife Surveys 9 The Dempster Highway 11 Mount Cronin Dan's Sheep Project 11 Proposing a Sheep Management Plan for Dempster Corridor 13 Proposed Pipelines from the Beaufort Sea 16 Key Sheep Habitats and their Protection 16 Ibex Valley Sheep Monitoring 17 Wildlife Habitat Management 19 Prescribed Burning at Kluane Lake 20 MacArthur Game Sanctuary Habitat Inventory 21 Faro Mine Fannin Sheep Project 24 Sheep-related Wildlife Research 25 Kluane National Park 26 Yukon Game Farm 27 Hom Aberrations 28 Lumpy Jaw 29 Wildlife Transplants and Re-introductions 30 Re-introduction of Mountain Goats to White Mountain 31 Summary 32 References cited 32 Personal Communications 39 Unpublished Infonnation Sources 40 2 Introduction The Seventies were a turning point in wildlife management in the Yukon, which was brought about by several concurrent events: 1) Yukon experienced an economic boom with five operating mines (Clinton Creek near Dawson, Curragh Resources at Faro, Whitehorse Copper, Wells Green Mine in the Kluane Game Sanctuary and the Tungsten Mine north of Watson Lake) as well as numerous placer operations. 2) Construction of the Aishihik hydro-power generating station. -
Nov/Dec Ac 2003
Can’t you hear the Wild? – it’s calling you. Let us probe the silent places, let us seek what luck betide us; Let us journey to a lonely land I know. Let us whisper on the night-wind, there’s a star agleam to guide us, And the Wild is calling, calling…let us go. -Robert Service Where the Mountains Have No Name Story and Photos by Aaron Teasdale In the far, far north, where the wilder- This description appealed to me greatly. northwest to the border of the Northwest size of dinner plates. We’d gotten a late ness is vast and the hand of man is light, a I moved from the urban confines of Territories, a 285-mile earthen ribbon start that morning, and by the time we set dirt road wanders off from the Alaska Minneapolis to Montana, the place with the through some of the most scenic, untamed up camp on an open ledge over the road and Highway and carves a pathway into the hin- wildest country I could find, for those very country in North America. cook dinner, it’s 11:30 at night, which, terlands. A sign here reads, “Caution: nar- things. Yet here was a place that promised We never do see a grizzly bear that first given that it’s still light out, doesn’t feel all row, winding, wilderness road. No services the sweet rewards of wild nature on an even day, but as we climb into the mountains, that strange. next 232 kilometers.” On August 1st, 2005, greater scale — a kind of uber-Montana. -
1 Preliminary Screening Report Form
PRELIMINARY SCREENING REPORT FORM PRELIMINARY SCREENER: Sabrina Sturman EIRB REFERENCE NUMBER: REFERENCE / FILE NUMBER: S15J-002 TITLE: Regulatory Specialist APPLICANT: AANDC-CARD ORGANIZATION: Sahtu Land and Water Board DATE: July 16, 2015 Type of Development: (H) Fuel Storage Site Type of Development: New Development (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY) Amend, EIRB Ref. # Renew, EIRB Ref. # Requires permit, licence or authorization Does not require permit, licence or authorization Project Summary: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development – Contaminants and Remediation Directorate (CARD) is the custodian of the Canol Trail, which has been identified as a Federal contaminated site. Activities proposed by CARD are intended to reduce the physical hazard associated with wire strewn along the entire length of the Trail (372 km). Community consultation has identified this project as priority due to the entanglement hazard for antlered wildlife (with documented animal loss) and tripping hazard for trail users. The Sahtu Land Claim Agreement allows for but does not require the establishment of a Territorial Park along the Canol Trail and Dodo Canyon. The Sahtu Land Use Plan has identified the area as Zone 39: Do Et’Q (Doi T’oh Territorial Park and Canol Heritage Trail Reservation). CARD is applying to the Sahtu Land and Water Board for a Type A LUP permit for establishing campsites outside of a territorial park for more than 400 person-days (11 to 15 people for 3 to 6 week collection periods) Camp locations have yet to be finalized and will move along the Trail as the project progresses. Due to logistical constraints the project has been proposed to occur over multiple years (4) and only during summer months with no over winter storage of equipment or fuel. -
Alaska Highway Nomination: Findings Report for Year 1
2012 Alaska Highway Nomination: Findings Report for Year 1 Final Report for 2011-12 Notice to Readers Report prepared for: The Alaska Highway Community Society The sponsor of this project is: April Moi Community Development (North East) Northern British Columbia Tourism Association 9523 100th Street, Fort St. John, BC V2L 3L2 T: 250 785-2544 F: 250 785-4424 Toll Free: 888 785-2544 E: [email protected] www.northernbctourism.com All questions about the project or product should be directed to the sponsor. The primary author of this report is: Julie Harris, M.Mus.Studies, CAHP Contentworks, Inc. 137 Second Avenue, Suite 1 Ottawa, ON K1S 2H4 T: 613 730-4059 F: 613 730-4054 E: [email protected] The authors of the History appendix are Alice Glaze and Natascha Morrison of Contentworks Inc. Alice Glaze and Joan Bard Miller, Contentworks, and John Bass, Intrinsic Tourism Solutions, assisted with the report. July 2012 “Through the courtesy of the Canadian government and people, American troops and workmen have been privileged to help build this road on Canadian soil. For those who had a share in its construction, the Al-Can Highway will be an indelible memory, a memory in which, as the years go by, they can take justifiable pride and satisfaction. To all the distant generations to come, I pray that this road will be an unbreakable bond of understanding between our lands. It is truly a symbol that we are good neighbours for all time.” -Brigadier General James O’Connor at the ceremony opening the Alaska Highway, November 20, 1942 Acknowledgments -
2 Existing Infrastructure Assessment
2 Existing Infrastructure Assessment This chapter provides a brief description of the transportation infrastructure that serves the Yukon. Understanding the state, capacity and usage of this infrastructure is critical for the development of a port development strategy for Skagway. 2.1 Current Road Infrastructure 2.1.1 Highways The Yukon is well served with surfaced roads traversing the populated south-western part of the Territory and providing access to various ports in Southeast Alaska. Figure 2-1 illustrates the major highways in the Yukon. FIGURE 2-1 Yukon Highways SKAGWAY PORT DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2-1 2. EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT The main highway across the Yukon is the Alaska Highway. It originates in Dawson Creek, BC and runs for 909 kilometres (km) through the Yukon from the BC border east of Watson Lake to the Interior Alaska border at Beaver Creek. The Alaska Highway and the Haines Road were built in 1943 as military pioneer roads. They were improved during the 1950s and substantially upgraded in the 1980s. These two principal highways are well-paved and well-maintained. Other Yukon highways include the Klondike Highway from Skagway through Whitehorse to Dawson City and the Dempster Highway from east of Dawson City to Inuvik. The South Klondike Highway parallels the old White Pass trail between Skagway and Log Cabin. Whitehorse is the centre of travel in the Yukon. Table 2-1 summarizes distances to the nearest ports and centers from Whitehorse, indicating the remote nature of the Yukon. TABLE 2-1 Distances from Whitehorse -
2007 Mactung Project Archaeological Investigations I
2007 MacTung Project Archaeological Investigations i 2007 MACTUNG PROJECT ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS Northwest Territories Archaeological Permit 2007-005 Yukon Archaeological Sites Regulations Permit 07-02ASR Prepared by Points West Heritage Consulting Ltd. 2592 – 204th Street Langley, B.C. V2Z 2B6 Prepared for EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd. 1066 West Hastings Street Vancouver, B.C. V6E 3X2 Brian Apland November 20, 2007 Points West Heritage Consulting Ltd. November 2007 2007 MacTung Project Archaeological Investigations ii Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................1 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND STUDY AREA BACKGROUND ...............2 2.1. Project Description.....................................................................................................2 2.2. Biophysical Summary................................................................................................ 5 2.3. Cultural Summary...................................................................................................... 6 2.4. Archaeological Background.......................................................................................6 2.4.1. Previous Yukon Studies.............................................................................. 6 2.4.2. Previous Northwest Territories Studies ...................................................... 7 2.4.3. Previous MacTung Project Studies............................................................. 8 3. METHODOLOGY – 2007