Fort Smith Highway

Fort Smith Highway
Northwest Territories Highway 5
Route information
Maintained by Department of Transportation
Length	267.0 km (165.9 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Highway 2 (Hay River Highway) at Hay River
Major intersections	Highway 6 (Fort Resolution Highway) near Hay River
East end	Highway 48 at the Alberta border at Fort Smith
Location
Country	Canada
Territory	Northwest Territories
Highway system
Northwest Territories highways
← Highway 4 → Highway 6

The Fort Smith Highway, officially Northwest Territories Highway 5, is a highway in Canada's Northwest Territories. Completed in 1966, the highway travels through Wood Buffalo National Park connecting Fort Smith to Hay River. At the Alberta border it connects to Alberta Highway 48 which runs 22 km (14 mi) from Smith Landing, Fitzgerald. This highway connects to other area roads going to 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.

Since 2017, the highway has been fully paved.