British Columbia Highway 39

{{short description|Highway in British Columbia}}

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{{Infobox road

|province=BC

|type=Hwy

|route=39

|alternate_name=Mackenzie Highway

|maint=

|map=

|length_km=29

|length_round=

|length_ref={{cite report

|title=Landmark Kilometre Inventory

|url=http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/driving-and-transportation/transportation-infrastructure/engineering-standards-and-guidelines/traffic-engineering-and-safety/highway-safety/lki/lki_bc_201607.pdf

|pages=202–206

|website=British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

|publisher=Cypher Consulting

|date=July 2016

|access-date=March 23, 2017

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311044605/http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/driving-and-transportation/transportation-infrastructure/engineering-standards-and-guidelines/traffic-engineering-and-safety/highway-safety/lki/lki_bc_201607.pdf

|archivedate=March 11, 2017

|url-status=dead

}}

|established=

|direction_a=Southeast

|terminus_a={{jct|state=BC|Hwy|97}} north of McLeod Lake

|junction=

|direction_b=Northwest

|terminus_b=Mackenzie

|previous_type=Hwy

|previous_route=37A

|next_type=Hwy

|next_route=41

}}

Highway 39 is a minor 29 km (19 mi) long spur route in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George. It runs from a point on the John Hart Highway just north of Tudyah Lake northwest to the town of Mackenzie, near the southern arm of Williston Lake. Highway 39 and the town of Mackenzie were both built in the 1960s as a measure of support for workers on the construction project of the W. A. C. Bennett Dam (which is not on the same arm of Williston Lake as Mackenzie).{{cite news |last=Fletcher |first=Tom |date=August 17, 2008 |title=Mackenzie mayor optimistic |page=A9 |work=Quesnel Cariboo Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/quesnel-cariboo-observer-mackenzie-mayor/129142712/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=July 30, 2023}} The road did not gain its '39' designation until 1975.