Fort Smith Highway

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, Fitzgerald, Hay Camp, 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.

Fort Smith Highway
Northwest Territories Highway 5
Route information
Length267.0 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 endFort Smith
Highway system
Northwest Territories highways
Highway 4Highway 6

Since 2017, the highway has been fully paved.[1]

References

  1. "Say Goodbye to Gravel! Hwy 5 Fully Paved!". Fort Smith. 19 October 2017.
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