Highway 39 is a minor 29 km (19 mi) long spur route in the
Regional District of Fraser-Fort George
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. It runs from a point on the
John Hart Highway
Highway 97 is a major highway in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the longest continuously numbered route in the province, running and is the only route that runs the entire north–south length of the British Columbia, connect ...
just north of
Tudyah Lake northwest to the town of
Mackenzie
Mackenzie, Mckenzie, MacKenzie, or McKenzie may refer to:
People
* Mackenzie (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Mackenzie (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
* Clan Mackenzie, a Sco ...
, near the southern arm of
Williston Lake
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Geography
The lake fills the basin of the upper Peace River, backing into the Rocky Mountain Trench which is whe ...
. Highway 39 and the town of Mackenzie were both built in the 1960s as a measure of support for workers on the construction project of the
W. A. C. Bennett Dam (which is not on the same arm of Williston Lake as Mackenzie). The road did not gain its '39' designation until 1975.
039
39 may refer to:
* 39 (number), the natural number following 38 and preceding 40
* one of the years:
** 39 BC
** AD 39
** 1939
** 2039
* ''39'' (album), a 2000 studio album by Mikuni Shimokawa
* "'39", a 1975 song by Queen
* "Thirty Nine", a song ...
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