Yellowhead Highway 
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Yellowhead Highway
Route:
Prince Rupert-Prince George-Mount Robson PP-Jasper-Edmonton-Saskatoon-Winnipeg
The modern Yellowhead Highway (TransCanada Highway 16), the most northerly road link to Canada's Pacific coast, extends for almost 3000 km (1864 mi.) from Prince Rupert on the west coast of British Columbia to Winnipeg. For the most part the well-surfaced road follows the traditional routes taken by fur trappers, prospectors and the early settlers. Roadside information boards (mileposts) detail important chapters in the opening up of western Canada.
A few miles west of Mount Robson Provincial Park a southern branch of the Yellowhead Highway (BC Hwy 5) turns off towards Kamloops where it joins TransCanada Highway 1.
The highway takes its name from Pierre Hatsination, a fair-haired Iroquois trapper who worked for the Hudson's Bay Company and was nicknamed "Tête Jaune" i.e "Yellowhead".
Several roads branch off the Yellowhead Highway penetrating sparsely populated areas still very much in their wild state. Anyone embarking on one of the longer detours should recognize the element of risk involved and go properly equipped with adequate supplies of fuel, food and maps.
The Yellowhead Highway gained much attention when Canada hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics. The torch relay went through many towns along hte Yellowhead Highway.
Route:
Prince Rupert-Prince George-Mount Robson PP-Jasper-Edmonton-Saskatoon-Winnipeg
The modern Yellowhead Highway (TransCanada Highway 16), the most northerly road link to Canada's Pacific coast, extends for almost 3000 km (1864 mi.) from Prince Rupert on the west coast of British Columbia to Winnipeg. For the most part the well-surfaced road follows the traditional routes taken by fur trappers, prospectors and the early settlers. Roadside information boards (mileposts) detail important chapters in the opening up of western Canada.
A few miles west of Mount Robson Provincial Park a southern branch of the Yellowhead Highway (BC Hwy 5) turns off towards Kamloops where it joins TransCanada Highway 1.
The highway takes its name from Pierre Hatsination, a fair-haired Iroquois trapper who worked for the Hudson's Bay Company and was nicknamed "Tête Jaune" i.e "Yellowhead".
Several roads branch off the Yellowhead Highway penetrating sparsely populated areas still very much in their wild state. Anyone embarking on one of the longer detours should recognize the element of risk involved and go properly equipped with adequate supplies of fuel, food and maps.
The Yellowhead Highway gained much attention when Canada hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics. The torch relay went through many towns along hte Yellowhead Highway.
Address:
Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway Association, 250, 10123 - 99th Street, Edmonton, BC T5J3H1, Canada
Phone: 1 (780) 429-0444, Fax: 1 (780) 426-5078
Phone: 1 (780) 429-0444, Fax: 1 (780) 426-5078
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The peak of Mount Robson.
Old wooden structures at the Heritage Park, Terrace.
Snow covered Mount Robson towers behind a building.
View to Mount Robson from the Visitors Centre.
Sunlight on Mount Robson.
