courtesy of Lisa M., a military wife who lived there with her officer husband.
Miscellaneous Military Life/ Roadbuilding/ Building the Launcher/ Landscapes
Roads were essential and had to be cut through this permafrost wilderness. The locals have the military to thank for the roads they have now. A number of gravel roads lead to otherwise difficult-to-access places. These are a legacy of the Canada-USA military stationed up there in the nineteen forties into the sixties. These gravel roads are still used. I am not sure of the origin of the paved road that leads from Churchill to the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, whether it was of civilian or military origin. It is the only paved road up there, even now.