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Yukon to Dease Lake, B.C.

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Yukon to Dease Lake, B.C.
Posted by Doc Murdock on Monday, June 18, 2007 11:06 PM

I heard talk of a rail line being built from somewhere in the Yukon to Dease Lake, B.C. and from there to Fort St. James, B.C.

B.C. Rail built a rail bed to Dease Lake but never got past Fort St. James, B.C. Can someone fill me in if anything is being done about it?

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Posted by carnej1 on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:41 AM
 Try  searching for the "arctic rails" site via google....see also the White Pass & Yukon thread going on currently on this fine forum..

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Posted by cprted on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 12:08 PM
A BC/Alaska rail connection has been one of those things that crops up every ten years or so. BC Rail has a graded roadbed to Dease Lake, and if commodity prices continue to rise, it could be built on (not holding my breath though). At one point about a dozen years ago, someone proposed a BC/Alaska/Siberia rail link using a tunnel under the Bering Straight. Another neat-o pipe dream.
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