Yellowhead Highway

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Province / territory:

  • British Columbia
  • Alberta
  • Saskatchewan
  • Manitoba

Highway 16, known as the Yellowhead Highway, beside the Trans-Canada Highway and the Crowsnest Highway is one of the leading roads to the Pacific for the development of the West of Canada. In all provinces, that contacts the road in its course, he is listed as Highway 16.

History

The development of the Canadian West during the 18th century by first, initiated by the Hudson 's Bay Company research trips, the crossing of the Rocky Mountains was of great importance. It is assumed that the now known as the Yellowhead Pass transition to settled here indigenous peoples served for a long time as a trade route and was also used in these early expeditions, but it was the construction of the railway line of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway between Edmonton and Prince Rupert led for the development of the area. The data used in the context of the construction of the railroad access routes initially formed a primitive possibility of use by motor vehicles, the expansion of the transport path began during the Second World War and the associated need for greater connectivity of the Northwest Canada and Alaska. When building also interned during the war Japan - Canadians were used. Only in 1970 was the highway - named after a Tête Jaune -called Trapper, who belonged to the Nation of the Iroquois - opened.

Course

The highway begins in Winnipeg ( Manitoba ) and extends over 2687 km to Prince Rupert (British Columbia). A 101 km long section on Graham Iceland is also used as the Yellowhead Highway duly designated. The major tourist part of the road is 1445 km long section from Edmonton to Prince Rupert.

The route of the transcontinental passenger train The Canadian results of Winnipeg from essentially along the highway until after Tête Jaune Cache, British Columbia, where it branches off to the south-west towards Vancouver.

Manitoba

Approximately 330 km of the highway running through the province of Manitoba.

The eastern endpoint is the intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street in Winnipeg, the section to Portage la Prairie ( 59 km ) it shares with the Trans-Canada Highway 1 From here it runs in a north -westerly direction towards the border with the province of Saskatchewan, which is achieved at Harrowby. Previously, Minnedosa and thus an ideal starting point for an excursion in the Riding Mountain National Park is touched.

Saskatchewan

→ see also: Saskatchewan Highway 16

The section of the Yellowhead Highway in Saskatchewan has an approximate length of about 685 kilometers. The Manitoba border is reached near Marchwell, in the course will include the cities of Yorkton, Saskatoon, North Battleford and Lloydminster - where there is also the Alberta border - crossing. The road is still largely in a northwesterly direction and opening up, as well as in Manitoba, the intensively farmed plains.

Alberta

→ see also: Alberta Highway 16

After the road has in Lloydminster Province Alberta reached, it extends over 250 km in a northwesterly direction to the capital of the province, Edmonton, then first turning to the west to Edson and then the valley of the Athabasca River in a south-westerly direction to Jasper at follow. The highway runs from here to the west up to the Yellowhead Pass, where British Columbia is achieved. The total length of highways in this province is about 640 kilometers. When Obed - before the transition to the valley of the Athabasca River - the highest point of the highway is achieved; of Obed Summit has a height of 1164 meters on the Yellowhead Pass - in which the main chain of the Rocky Mountains is crossed - is only 1146 meters high.

Go to this section some important roads from the Yellowhead Highway from or cross this:

The road provides access to numerous nature reserves:

Furthermore, it is reported the Yellowhead Pass National Historic Site, near the Elk Iceland National Park is the significant Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village.

British Columbia

→ see also: British Columbia Highway 16

Mainland

The Yellowhead Highway opens its length of around 1070 km on the mainland of British Columbia the central region of the province, while offering by some cruising or outgoing roads access to the north of the province or to Alaska, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory.

Due to the geographical conditions of the road largely follows river valleys, and in particular the valley of the Fraser River and Skeena River from tourist point of view of interest.

British Columbia is reached at the Yellowhead Pass, the highway passes over Tête Jaune Cache, Prince George, Vanderhoof, Smithers and Terrace to Prince Rupert on Kaien Iceland on Chatham Sound. The western end of the Yellowhead Highway on the island to the mainland directly upstream located at the entrance to the ferry terminal about five kilometers south of the city of Prince Rupert.

In British Columbia, some major highways cross the Yellowhead Highway or go from this:

The following conservation areas are happening in British Columbia:

Graham Iceland

On the Haida Gwaii belonging to Graham Iceland Yellowhead Highway runs from Skidegate Landing - the harbor for ferries of the company BC Ferries from Prince Rupert - to Masset. He leads on the 101 -kilometer route along the western edge of the Naikoon Provincial Park along.

Yellowhead Highway 5

→ See also: British Columbia Highway 5

The Yellowhead Highway 5 - also known as the Yellowhead Highway South - is an incipient Tête Jaune in Junction connection between the Yellowhead Highway 16 and the Trans-Canada Highway 1 in Kamloops (British Columbia). The well-known as the Coquihalla Highway section between Kamloops and the inlet to the Crowsnest Highway at Nicolum River Provincial Park seven kilometers east of Hope (British Columbia) is officially out under this name. The highway has a length of about 711 kilometers and opens up some nature reserves of the West of the province such as the Wells Gray Provincial Park.

Prince Rupert, British Columbia Graham Island Minnedosa, Manitoba Edson (Alberta) Obed (biblical figure) Great Falls (Montana) Montana Dawson Creek Alberta Highway 40 Grande Prairie Icefields Parkway Lake Louise (Alberta) Elk-Island-Nationalpark William A. Switzer Provincial Park Jasper-Nationalpark National Historic Site (United States) Prince George (British Columbia) Vanderhoof (British Columbia) Smithers (British Columbia) Terrace (British Columbia) Washington (state) Fort St. James Kitimat Mount Robson Provincial Park List of British Columbia provincial highways British Columbia Highway 2 British Columbia Highway 3 British Columbia Highway 4 British Columbia Highway 6 British Columbia Highway 9 British Columbia Highway 8 British Columbia Highway 10 British Columbia Highway 11 British Columbia Highway 12 British Columbia Highway 13 British Columbia Highway 14 British Columbia Highway 15 British Columbia Highway 17 British Columbia Highway 18 British Columbia Highway 19 British Columbia Highway 20 British Columbia Highway 21 British Columbia Highway 22 British Columbia Highway 23 British Columbia Highway 24 British Columbia Highway 26 British Columbia Highway 27 British Columbia Highway 28 British Columbia Highway 29 British Columbia Highway 30 British Columbia Highway 31 British Columbia Highway 33 British Columbia Highway 35 Stewart-Cassiar Highway British Columbia Highway 39 British Columbia Highway 41 British Columbia Highway 43 British Columbia Highway 49 British Columbia Highway 52 British Columbia Highway 91 British Columbia Highway 93 British Columbia Highway 95 British Columbia Highway 97 British Columbia Highway 99 British Columbia Highway 101 Nisga'a Highway British Columbia Highway 118 British Columbia Highway 395 British Columbia Highway 1A British Columbia Highway 3A British Columbia Highway 3B British Columbia Highway 5A British Columbia Highway 7B British Columbia Highway 17A British Columbia Highway 19A British Columbia Highway 22A British Columbia Highway 37A British Columbia Highway 91A British Columbia Highway 95A British Columbia Highway 7A
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