What is Dempster Highway?
{{Infobox road |marker_image=[[File:Yukon Highway 5.svg|75px]][[File:NWT-8.svg|x75px]] |province=YT |name=Dempster Highway |type=YT |route=5 |alternate_name=Yukon Highway 5<br />Northwest Territories Highway 8 |maint=Yukon Department of Highways and Public Works<br /> Northwest Territories Department of Infrastructure |map=Highway 5 map-YT.png |length_km=737.5 |length_notes=YT-5: 465 km (289 mi)<br />NWT-8: 271 km (168 mi) |length_ref= |established= |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=YT|YT|2|name1=[[Klondike Highway]]}} near [[Dawson City, Yukon|Dawson City, YT]] |beltway_city= |junction= |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=NT|NT|10|name1=[[Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway]]}}, [[Inuvik, Northwest Territories|Inuvik, NT]] |previous_type=YT |previous_route=4 |browse_route=[[File:Yukon Highway 5.svg|20px]] |next_type=YT |next_route=6 |browse={{infobox road/browselinks/CAN|province=NT}}{{NT browse|previous_type=NT|previous_route=7|route=[[File:NWT-8.svg|20px]]|next_type=NT|next_route=10}} }} The '''Dempster Highway''' is a north-south highway in northern [[Yukon Territory]] and northwestern [[Northwest Territories]], [[Canada]]. It is one of two highways in [[North America]] (the other being the [[Dalton Highway]] in [[Alaska]]) that travels north of the [[Arctic Circle]]. Almost the entire length of the route is dirt or gravel road.<ref>{{cite news |title=CBC Archives |url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1979-dempster-highway-opens-road-to-resources-across-arctic |access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref> ==Terminus== The southern terminus of the Dempster Highway is in [[Dawson City, Yukon|Dawson]], Yukon Territory. The northern terminus is in [[Inuvik]], Northwest Territories. The route also crosses between time zones at the provincial line. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Yukon]] [[Category:Northwest Territories]] [[Category:Arctic highways]] [[Category:Yukon territorial highways]] {{Multistub|transport|Canada}}