Highway 999 is a

provincial highway Numbered highways in Canada are split by province, and a majority are maintained by their province or territory transportation department. All highways in Canada are numbered except for three in the Northwest Territories, one in Alberta, one in O ...

in the far north region of the

Canadian province Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British Nort ...

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North ...

. It is split in two sections and serves the small settlement of

Camsell Portage Camsell Portage is a northern settlement of 37 people, located on the north-central shore of Lake Athabasca. The northern settlement is an unincorporated community in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District. Camsell is one of the few re ...

and

Charlot River Airport Charlot River Airport is located along the Charlot River on the banks of Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan, Canada. The airport is operated by SaskPower and serves the Charlot River Power Station, part of the Athabasca System Hydroelectric Statio ...

on the north side of

Lake Athabasca Lake Athabasca (; French: ''lac Athabasca''; from Woods Cree: , " herethere are plants one after another") is located in the north-west corner of Saskatchewan and the north-east corner of Alberta between 58° and 60° N in Canada. The lake ...

. The western section of the highway is about long and serves Camsell Portage, which is the northern-most settlement in Saskatchewan, and Camsell Portage Airport. The eastern section is about long and runs from Charlot River Airport on the shore of Lake Athabasca east to Dam Lake. The highway provides access to the three

Athabasca System Hydroelectric Stations Athabasca System Hydroelectric Stations are a series of small run-of-the-river hydroelectricity stations on the Charlot River in the Athabasca region owned by SaskPower, located near Uranium City, Saskatchewan, Canada. Description The syst ...

. Highway 999 is one of the few highways in Saskatchewan that is completely isolated (by land) from the other highways of the province, without even a regular seasonal / winter road link, and thus is only used for local traffic. The two sections combine give the highway a total length of about .

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999 999 or triple nine most often refers to: * 999 (emergency telephone number), a telephone number for the emergency services in several countries * 999 (number), an integer * AD 999, a year * 999 BC, a year Books * ''999'' (anthology) or ''999 ...

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