Highway 999 is a

provincial highway A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a state or ...

in the far north region of the

Canadian province Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Canada, Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North Amer ...

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...

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

Camsell Portage Camsell Portage is a northern settlement of 0 people, located on the north-central shore of Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan. The northern settlement is an unincorporated community in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District. Camsell is o ...

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 in the north-west corner of Saskatchewan and the north-east corner of Alberta between 58° and 60° N in Canada. The lake is ...

. 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 Camsell Portage Airport is located adjacent to Camsell Portage, Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territ ...

. 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. Access to the stations is ...

. 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 Media Books * 999 (anthology), ''99 ...

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