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| | Great Slave Lake (Northwest Territories) - History page 6 |
 | | Pushing as many as 15 flat-bottomed barges, lashed together in a "train," sturdy Mackenzie River tug boats guide cargoes of boats, snowmobiles, mining and drilling equipment, construction supplies and household goods from Hay River, on Great Slave Lake, all the way to Tuktoyaktuk, on the western coast of the Arctic Ocean. |
 | | Hay River’s roots date back to 1868, when a small Hudson’s Bay trading post and an Oblate mission were built near the site of the present-day community. |
 | | Freight arriving in Hay River by truck and rail car is loaded onto barges operated by the native-owned Northern Transportation Company Limited (NCTL), a marine transportation system with routes covering 5,000 kilometres. |
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