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Originally Posted by Leto
Okay, I'll give this a reasonable guess. My theory, based on your hints, is that this bridge is at Hay River, which would make it significant in that it is the northernmost point in Canada and all of North America which is connected to the continental railway system.
Hay River is a town on the shores of Great Slave Lake, and is the terminus of the Mackenzie Northern Railway.
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Correct.
Including the Geographical significance. It is the last railway bridge so to speak if you are going northwards in Canada.
I remember driving up that highway with a guy from the railway and it was completely sureal to a guy like me. Most of us have no idea what uninhabited really means. You can drive for an hour on that highway and not even see a mail box at the side of the road. The gas stations are automated at the side of the road every so often on your way up. The entire highway was covered in ice - IN OCTOBER and cars and trucks were just sliding off all over the place. I got home to Toronto and it was warm, the leaves were still on the trees (albeit orange), and people were walking around in their shorts.
Up there, I remember it was 9:00 a.m. and pitch black out.
Hay River surprised me because there was actually an apartment tower. I was thinking...."what, isn't there enough cheap land just to build out rather than up"
The lady running the motel was from Newfoundland and said to me, "Oh, another southerner hearing the call of the wild?" and I said to her, "Noway lady, just passing through"
Good Chinese food in town believe it or not. Town is just on either side of the highway. Usually when I am working on the road in small Canadian communities I avoid Chinese food like the plague, however, I had no choice in Hay River it seemed. It turned out well. Travelling tip for decent food in remote Quebec communities - When ordering dinner, order the pizza or a club sandwhich. For some reason, Quebecers love their pizza and usually make them fresh, so at least they are hot. (With tons of cheese)
Good work Leto, you're up.
