Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are shown in this handout image, provided by photographer Bill Belsey from his book An Arctic Community, visiting Rankin Inlet in 1994. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Bill Belsey MANDATORY CREDIT
There’s a road in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, that stretches all the way around Williamson Lake, a small body of water in the centre of town.
But, unlike a lot of the roads in the community then, this one was smoothed over with fresh asphalt in 1994. It’s still paved today.
Most people in town know the story of why Rankin’s “ring road” was paved: a visit from the Queen and Prince Philip that year.
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