Robert Campbell Highway

Highway 4 in Yukon, Canada
Robert Campbell Highway
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Basic data
Operator:	Yukon Department of Highways and Public Works
Start of the street:	Watson Lake ( 60 ° 4 ′  N , 128 ° 43 ′  W )
End of street:	Carmacks ( 62 ° 7 ′  N , 136 ° 16 ′  W )
Overall length:	582 km
Region :
Robert Campbell Highway near Simpson Lake
Course of the road W to Teslin , SO to Fort Nelson (British Columbia) Watson Lake Two Mile Village Two and One-Half Mile Village Frances River O after Tungsten Tuchitua SW to Johnson's Crossing , NE to Ross River Faro Carmacks S to Whitehorse , N to Pelly Crossing  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The Robert Campbell Highway (Yukon Highway 4) is a mostly gravel road in the Yukon in Canada .

It is 582 km long and leads from Watson Lake on the Alaska Highway in the southeast of the Yukon to the northwest to Carmacks on the Klondike Highway . It offers an alternative connection from British Columbia to Dawson to the route via Whitehorse .

The road was built in 1968, and its course is based on the former fur trade route of Robert Campbell , a fur trader and trapper who worked for the Hudson's Bay Company around 1840 . The only places on the road are Ross River and Faro , which offer refueling facilities and infrastructure.

During the course of the route, two roads branch off from the Campbell Highway: The Nahanni Range Road leads to a tungsten mine in Tungsten in the Northwest Territories . The Canol Road is a former oil supply road. It was built in 1942-1943 and leads from Johnson's Crossing not far from Whitehorse to Macmillan Pass on the border with the Northwest Territories. It cuts the Campbell Highway at Ross River.

The Campbell Highway has a very good reputation among nature lovers because it is still relatively unknown and little frequented and offers a worthwhile route through the middle of the Yukon. Frances Lake and Finlayson Lake are on the stretch between Watson Lake and Ross River .