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VOL Xl No.3 THE ARCTIC CIRCULAR 55 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 >.:/!',.'" 7
VOL Xl No.3 THE ARCTIC CIRCULAR 56 Gross Cargo Name Tonnage H.P. Engines (tons) Passengers Edwa1"d 1,965 3,000 Steam 700 lZ Cornwallis Saurel 1,176 3,000 Steam ZSO 3 C.D. Howe 3,6Z8 4,000 Steam 1,000 90 (incl. 35 Eskimos) A number of ships for use in ice are at present under construction. One is a major icebreaker, the others are mainly small icebreakers. Approximate characteristics are as follows: Size H.P. Engine Remarks 1. 300 ft. long 15,000 Dies el electric Triple screw. Z. Z,017 gross tons 4,000 Steam Sister ship to Montcalm, 3. ZOO ft. long 4,Z50 Diesel electric 4. ZOO ft. long 4,Z50 Dies el electric 5. 180 ft. long Z,900 Dies el electric For search and rescue as well as icebreaking. 6. 180 ft. long Z,900 Diesel electric Sister ship to (5) 7. ZIO ft. long 3,550 Diesel electric For use in Great Lakes. 8. Z70 ft. long 4,Z50 Diesel electric Supply vessel, heavily strengthened but not an icebreaker, for use in Maritimes and on Labrador coast.
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CONTENTS Vol. XI, 1958 NO.1 Meeting
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THE ARCTIC CIRCLE THE COMMITTEE 195
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