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The Yellowhead Highway was officially opened in Western Canada in 1970; in 1978 all four Western Provinces agreed to use #16 for the highway. In 1986, the Yellowhead Highway received the designation of a Trans Canada Highway with Highway #5 in BC, from Tête Jaune to Hope, remaining named just the Yellowhead Highway.
The Yellowhead Highway (also called the Yellowhead Route of the Trans Canada Highway) is a 2,991 kilometre (1859 mile) route across the agricultural breadbasket of the prairies and through the rugged mountains of British Columbia.
Until 1990, the Yellowhead Highway had its own unique highway number signs, but they have now mostly been replaced with standard maple-leaf Trans-Canada Highway signs, with numberless Yellowhead shields posted adjacent to them.
Sep 28, 2022 · On July 8 and 9, 1947, the Trans Canada Highway System Association (Yellowhead Route), under the presidency of Edmonton Mayor Harry Ainlay, held a meeting in Blue River with government officials and highly respected business and professional men of the day attending.
As the Trans-Canada highway was being constructed Reg Easton and Ed Neighbour made pilot-trip over “tote road” to emphasize the demand of the Trans-Canada Highway System Association that the route go through the Yellowhead Pass.
Before the railroad, crossing Canada took three months by oxcart, horse and boat, as Sir Sanford Fleming did in 1872 travelling from Toronto to Victoria to determine the course for the proposed trans-continental railway to link to the new province of British Columbia.
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Feb 7, 2006 · Since completion of the main route, multiple alternative routes have been added. The largest of these is the Yellowhead Highway. This leg runs north of the original Trans-Canada Highway through Western Canada, from Winnipeg to Haida Gwaii. Other major offshoots include Highway 17 in Ontario and the Confederation Bridge.
