Proposed 1,500-kilometre all-season highway that would run from Yellowknife to the Arctic Ocean. The corridor would open year-round overland access to Canada’s northern coast, a region currently served by winter ice roads and seasonal transport. The project has drawn scrutiny for its potential impact on caribou migration routes and fragile tundra ecosystems.
The highway proposal sits at the intersection of resource development, national sovereignty and conservation concerns in the Northwest Territories, where infrastructure decisions carry consequences across vast, sparsely populated terrain that remains critical habitat for migratory species.
The corridor is examined in Field Notes: Bathurst herd shrinks to 3,609 as Canada eyes Arctic road expansion.
