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This project docket comprises two separate pipeline projects.  The Alberta Clipper Project will be constructed from Hardisty, Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin; a length of approximately 990 miles.  In the United States, the Alberta Clipper Project will generally be co-located with or adjacent to Enbridge pipeline through North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.  The Minnesota portion of the project would extend from the Minnesota-North Dakota border near Milepost (MP) 801.1 in Kittson County to the Minnesota-Wisconsin border in Carlton County near MP 1084.8, approximately 285.1 miles.  The Alberta Clipper Project will also involve construction of new pumping units within the Enbridge pump stations sites at Viking, Clearbrook and Deer River.

The Southern Lights Diluent Project will be co-constructed with the Alberta Clipper Project from Superior, Wisconsin to Clearbrook, Minnesota.  The Southern Lights Diluent Project will require the construction of approximately 188.6 miles of new 20-inch-diameter underground pipeline generally on or adjacent to Enbridge right-of-way from Enbridge's Superior terminal in Douglas County, Wisconsin  (MP 1098.1) to Enbridge's Clearbrook terminal at Clearwater County, Minnesota (MP 909.5).  The Minnesota portion of the Project would extend from the Minnesota-Wisconsin border near MP 1084.8 in Carlton County to the Clearbrook terminal (approximately 175.4 miles).

The Alberta Clipper and Southern Lights Diluent Projects will generally follow the Enbridge right-of-way along the entire route in Minnesota.  The Projects will cross portions of the following counties: Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake, Polk, Clearwater, Beltrami, Hubbard, Cass, Itasca, Aitkin, St. Louis and Carlton.