Junction of Highway #5 The Dempster Highway - Photo Dempster Highway sign The Dempster Highway, stretching from Dawson City to Inuvik, N.W.T. 736 km 457miles, offers some of the most beautiful wilderness scenery in the world and a rare opportunity to drive north of the Arctic Circle. The highway passes through two mountain ranges and crosses the Arctic Circle and the continental divide. At Inuvic one can hire a aircraft to Tuktoyaktuk and the Bearing Sea. The North Klondike Highway