Mackenzie: Highway 97 at Highway 39 about 29 km south of - looking east
Mackenzie Junction is best known within British Columbia for linking Highway 39, the road to Mackenzie, with Highway 97. It stands in the north-central interior, where broad transport corridors run through boreal forest. Highway 39 continues north to Mackenzie, a forestry community near Williston Lake, while Highway 97 follows the Alaska Highway corridor through this part of the province. The Alaska Highway was completed in 1942 as a military supply route to Alaska, and its modern corridor remains fundamental to travel between the Peace region and northern British Columbia. Mackenzie Junction is therefore a practical marker on an extensive road network rather than a conventional settlement.
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Among the communities of northern British Columbia, Mackenzie stands out for its 1960s creation as a planned forestry town in the Rocky Mountain Trench. It lies near Williston Lake, the vast reservoir formed by the W. A. C. Bennett Dam on the Peace River; the Parsnip River flows into its northern reaches. Established in 1966 to serve the regional forest industry, Mackenzie retains a working identity shaped by timber production. Extensive forest, lake country and mountainous terrain around the settlement convey the scale of British Columbia’s northern interior. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Mackenzie and northern British Columbia.
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