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present branch road from High Level to Fort Vermilion will
be extended to the western boundary of Wood Buffalo Park
where it will join the road being built by the federal government,
thus providing for the first time a year-round overland route
to Fort Smith from the south. In Saskatchewan, a road will be
built from Lac la Ronge via Reindeer Lake and Stony Rapids
to Uranium City, This could in some future programme be
extended to join the Northwest Territories roads system near
Fort Smith.
Department of Transport icebreakers
The Department of Transport has seven icebreakers
and one ice-strengthened vessel at present in service. During
the summer of 1958 six icebreakers were in operation in the
Arctic. Two of these, the d'Iberville and the Labrador are
major vessels; three, the Montcalm, the Ernest Lapointe,
and the Edward Cornwallis are smaller icebreakers. and the
sixth, the N.B. McLean, is intermediate in size and power. The
small Saurel was not employed in the north during the summer.
The ice-strengthened C .D. Howe carried out her annual patrol
in the north as usual. Characteristics of these vessels are as
follows:
Gross
Cargo
Name Tonnage H.P. Engines (tons) Passengers
d'Iberville 5,678 10,800 Steam 500 70
Labrador 6,802 10 ,000 Diesel 35 14
electric
N.B. MacLean 3,254 7,000 Steam 600 15-20
Montcalm' , Z.017 4,500 Steam 700 12
Ernest J.poI••, 1~179 2,500 Steam 75
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