List of Northwest Territories highways

The following is a list of territorial highways in the Northwest Territories of Canada. They are divided amongst Arterial Class Highways, of which there are six; Collector Class Highways, of which there are 23; and closed highways, of which there are two. Only some places in the Northwest Territories can be reached by means of highways.

## Arterial Class Highways

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Arterial Class Highways  Number  | Length (km)[1] | Length (mi)  | Southern or western terminus  | Northern or eastern terminus  | Local names  | Formed  | Removed  | Notes

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Highway 1 | 687 | 427  |  Highway 35 | Wrigley-Fort Good Hope Winter Road – Wrigley | Mackenzie Highway  | 01949-01-011949 | current  | Longest highway in the territory
Highway 2 | 48.6 | 30.2  |  Highway 1 – Enterprise | Northwest corner of Vale Island – Hay River | Hay River Highway; 104th Street (north Hay River)  | 01949-01-011949 | current  | Shortest highway in the territory
Highway 3 | 338.8 | 210.5  |  Highway 1 – Fort Providence | Yellowknife Access Road – Yellowknife | Yellowknife Highway; Frontier Trail  | 01960-01-011960 | current  | Also known as the Great Slave Highway
Highway 5 | 267.0 | 165.9  |  Highway 2 – Hay River |  Highway 48 – Fort Smith | Fort Smith Highway  | 01966-01-011966 | current  | Passes through Wood Buffalo National Park
Highway 7 | 254.1 | 157.9  |  Highway 77 |  Highway 1 – Fort Simpson | Liard Highway  | 01984-01-011984 | current  | Packed dirt and gravel road
Highway 8 | 272.5 | 169.3  |  Hwy 5 | Navy Road – Inuvik | Dempster Highway; Marine Bypass Road (Inuvik)  | 01979-01-011979 | current  | Canada's only all-weather road to cross the Arctic Circle; studies are being done to include a possible link to the Mackenzie Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

## Collector Class Highways

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Collector Class Highways  Number  | Length (km)[2] | Length (mi)  | Southern or western terminus  | Northern or eastern terminus  | Local names  | Formed  | Removed  | Notes

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Aklavik Ice Road | 116 | 72  | Hansen Road – Aklavik |  Highway 8 – Inuvik |  | — | —  | Seasonal
Canol Road | 357 | 222  | Norman Wells | Macmillan Pass, Yukon/Northwest Territories border  |  | 01943-01-011943 | 01945-01-011945  | Second World War road completed early 1943, abandoned mid-1945, now the Canol Heritage Trail, connecting to the active Yukon Highway 6, the Canol Road
Colville Lake Winter Road | 165 | 103  | Wrigley-Fort Good Hope Winter Road | Colville Lake |  | 02008-01-01c. 2008 | current  | Seasonal
Délîne Winter Road | 105.3 | 65.4  | Wrigley-Fort Good Hope Winter Road | Délîne |  | — | —  | Seasonal
Dettah Ice Road | 6.3 | 3.9  | Drygeese Tili – Dettah | School Draw Avenue – Yellowknife |  | — | —  | Seasonal
Dettah Road | 11.3 | 7.0  | Ehs'doo Tili / It'o Tili – Dettah |  Highway 4 |  | — | —

Fort Liard Access Road | 5.3 | 3.3  | Caragana Road / Valley Main Street – Fort Liard |  Highway 7 | Valley Main Street  | — | —

Fort McPherson Access Road | 1.1 | 0.68  |  Highway 8 | Tadit Francis Avenue / Tetlit Gwich'in Road – Fort McPherson | Tetlit Gwich'in Road  | — | —

Fort Providence Access Road | 5.4 | 3.4  |  Highway 3 | O Street / DehCho Drive – Fort Providence |  | — | —

Highway 6 | 90.0 | 55.9  |  Highway 5 | Great Slave Route – Fort Resolution | Fort Resolution Highway | — | —  | Also provides access to the former community of Pine Point.
Fort Simpson Access Road | 3.4 | 2.1  |  Highway 1 – Fort Simpson | 93rd Avenue – Fort Simpson |  | — | —

Gamètì Winter Road | 128.0 | 79.5  | Whatì Winter Road | Gamètì |  | — | —  | Seasonal; previously Rae Lakes Ice Road
Highway 4 | 69.2 | 43.0  |  Highway 3 – Yellowknife | Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road | Ingraham Trail | 01965-01-01c. 1965 | current  | Provides access to Dettah (27 km (17 mi)) when the ice road (6.5 km (4.0 mi)) is closed.
Inuvik Access Road | 0.6 | 0.37  |  Highway 8 | Gwich'in Road / MacKenzie Road – Inuvik | MacKenzie Road  | — | —

Highway 10 | 133.6 | 83.0  | Navy Road – Inuvik | Quimavik Road – Tuktoyaktuk | Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway | 02017-01-012017 | current  | Replaced the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Ice Road; construction began 2013, completed 2017 and opened in November.
Nahanni Butte Winter Road | 22.3 | 13.9  | Nahanni Butte |  Highway 7 |  | — | —  | Seasonal
Sambaa K’e Winter Road | 126.0 | 78.3  | Sambaa K’e |  Highway 1 |  | — | —  | Seasonal
Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road | 568 | 353  |  Highway 4 | Jericho Diamond Mine, Nunavut |  | 01982-01-011982 | current  | Private road first built in 1982 to service mines and exploration activities
Highway 9 | 97.0 | 60.3  |  Highway 3 | Whatì Winter Road – Whatì | Tłı̨chǫ Highway | 02021-01-012021 | current  | Opened in November 2021.
Rae Access Road | 10.5 | 6.5  |  Highway 3 | Degai Ma Tili / Donda Tili / Ohnda Tili – Behchokǫ̀ | Donda Tili  | — | —

Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road | 187 | 116  | Inuvik | Tuktoyaktuk |  | — | 02017-01-012017  | Former ice road; closed permanently in April 2017 with the completion of the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway
Wekweètì Winter Road | 235.0 | 146.0  | Whatì Winter Road | Wekweètì |  | 02019-01-01c. 2019 | current  | Seasonal
Whatì Winter Road | 100 | 62  |  Highway 3 – Behchokǫ̀ |  Highway 9 – Whatì |  | — | 02021-01-012021  | Seasonal; previously Lac La Martre Winter Road; closed when Highway 9 gave access to Whatì
Wrigley-Fort Good Hope Winter Road | 486.4 | 302.2  |  Highway 1 – Wrigley | Fort Good Hope |  | — | —  | Connects to Tulita (formerly Fort Norman), Norman Wells, Fort Good Hope, with 106 km branch route to Deline and 165 km branch route to Colville Lake. Thirty-four permanent bridges completed along route which can be used as part of an all-weather route.
Yellowknife Access Road | 3.6 | 2.2  | 48th Street / 49th Avenue – Yellowknife | Giant Mine Boat Launch Access Road – Yellowknife | 48th Street  | — | —

1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

## Local Highways

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Local Highways  Number  | Length (km)[3] | Length (mi)  | Southern or western terminus  | Northern or eastern terminus  | Local names  | Formed  | Removed  | Notes

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Canol Road | 357 | 222  | Norman Wells | Macmillan Pass, Yukon/Northwest Territories border  |  | 01943-01-011943 | 01945-01-011945  | Second World War road completed early 1943, abandoned mid-1945, now the Canol Heritage Trail, connecting to the active Yukon Highway 6, the Canol Road
Canyon Creek Access Road | 14.0 | 8.7  | Canyon Creek | Mackenzie Valley Winter Road – Norman Wells |  | — | —

Cassidy Point Road | 4.1 | 2.5  |  Highway 4 | Cassidy Point  |  | — | —

Fort Smith Campground Access Road | 3.2 | 2.0  | — | —  |  | — | —

Fish Camp Road | 0.7 | 0.43  |  Highway 6 | —  |  | — | —

Four Mile House Road | 2.5 | 1.6  |  Highway 1 | Liard River  |  | — | —

Giant Mine Boat Launch Access Road | 0.34 | 0.21  | Yellowknife Access Road – Yellowknife | —  |  | — | —

Great Slave Sailing Club Access Road | 0.25 | 0.16  | Yellowknife Access Road – Yellowknife | —  |  | — | —

Hart Lake Access Road | 1.3 | 0.81  | Hart Lake |  Highway 1 |  | — | —

Jean Marie River Access Road | 27.0 | 16.8  |  Highway 1 | Jean Marie River  |  | — | —

Kakisa Lake Access Road | 12.9 | 8.0  | Parking lot at Kakisa Lake |  Highway 1 |  | — | —

Little Buffalo River Falls Access Road | 1.8 | 1.1  |  Highway 5 | campsite at Little Buffalo River Falls  |  | — | —

Nagel Channel Road | 7.2 | 4.5  | Fort Resolution | —  |  | — | —

Prelude Lake West Access Road | 1.2 | 0.75  |  Highway 4 | Prelude Lake Territorial Park  |  | — | —

Prelude Lake East Access Road | 1.7 | 1.1  |  Highway 4 | —  |  | — | —

Salt River Access Road | 15.5 | 9.6  |  Highway 5 | —  |  | — | —

Sandy Lake Access Road | 12.9 | 8.0  | — |  Highway 5 |  | — | —

Vee Lake Road | 5.0 | 3.1  |  Highway 4 | parking lot at Vee Lake  |  | — | —

1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

## Access by community

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The communities reached by the all-weather highway network are:

* Behchoko (Rae-Edzo)
* Dettah
* Enterprise
* Fort Liard
* Fort McPherson
* Fort Providence
* Fort Resolution
* Fort Simpson
* Fort Smith
* Hay River
* Inuvik
* Jean Marie River
* Kakisa
* site of Pine Point
* Tsiigehtchic
* Tuktoyaktuk
* Wrigley
* Whatì
* Yellowknife

Communities that can only be reached by ice-road are:

* Aklavik
* Colville Lake
* Deline
* Gamèti
* Hay River Reserve
* Fort Good Hope
* Nahanni Butte
* Norman Wells
* Trout Lake
* Tulita
* Wekweeti

Communities with no access by surface vehicle:

* Lutselk'e
* Paulatuk
* Sachs Harbour
* Ulukhaktok

## See also

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Portals:

* Canada
* Roads

## References

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1. ^ Northwest Territories Department of Transportation, Highway Traffic, 2006 Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Northwest Territories Department of Transportation, Highway Traffic, 2006 Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ Highway Designation and Classification Regulations, R-047-92

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