Fort Smith Highway

Highway 5 shield

Fort Smith Highway
Northwest Territories Highway 5
Route information
Length: 267.0 km (165.9 mi)
Major junctions
West end: Highway 2 (Hay River Highway) at Hay River
  Highway 6 (Fort Resolution Highway) near Hay River
East end: Fort Smith
Highway system

Northwest Territories highways

Highway 4Highway 6

Highway 5, known more commonly as the Fort Smith Highway, completed in 1966, is a highway in Canada's Northwest Territories, which travels through Wood Buffalo National Park and connects Fort Smith to Hay River. Area roads past Fort Smith connect into Alberta with Smith Landing, Fort Fitzgerald and Peace Point, and form a circle route through Wood Buffalo National Park. Residents of Fort Chipewyan have petitioned the Alberta government for a 50 km (31 mi) road to connect with the area roads out of Fort Smith.


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