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Dempster Highway
The
Dempster Highway
, also referred to as
Yukon Highway 5
and
Northwest Territories Highway 8
, is a
Canadian
highway
that connects the
Klondike Highway
in
Yukon
to
Inuvik
,
Northwest Territories
on the
Mackenzie River
delta
. During the winter months, the highway extends another to
Tuktoyaktuk
, on the northern coast of Canada, using frozen portions of the Mackenzie River delta as an
ice road
(the
Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road
). The highway crosses the
Peel River
and the Mackenzie Rivers using a combination of seasonal
ferry
service and
ice bridges
.
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