The End of the Road
“The true north, strong and free” – a motto many Canadians take to heart. However, very few of us will have the chance to make it to Canada’s remote Far North in our lifetime. As motorcyclists, we have a leg up on the average Canadian, given our passion to travel and explore new places. This summer, Glenn (my dad) and I were able to fulfill our dream of experiencing the rugged North together after talking about it for more than 10 years. Both of us have travelled separately through parts of Yukon before, but we always have talked about riding the Dempster Highway together.
When we met Lawrence Neyando, a local resident and former band chief from Inuvik, N.W.T., this past year, we found a missing piece of our puzzle. Lawrence had been working on making his passion a career for the past few years; he now combines his love of motorcycling with the region, its history and the culture of his people. This year, he launched Arctic Motorcycle Adventures, with tours ranging from one to three days riding through Yukon and N.W.T. and north to Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., and the Arctic Ocean.
Our biggest hurdle was finding the time to do the long ride to Tuk. Glenn would have to take a staggering 80 non-stop hours one-way to ride from his home in Ontario to Tuk; I would
