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Highway 16 is a highway in British Columbia, Canada. It is an important section of the Yellowhead Highway, a part of the Trans-Canada Highway that runs across Western Canada. The highway closely follows the path of the northern B.C. alignment of the Canadian National Railway (CN).
This nearly 720-kilometre stretch of highway, linking Prince George to Prince Rupert, cuts through a vast wilderness area studded with rolling plains, glaciated valleys, soaring snow-capped peaks, thundering waterfalls, and the wild rivers of the Bulkley and Skeena before it meets the edge of the mighty Pacific Ocean.
May 26, 2016 · The story behind Canada’s Highway of Tears feels plucked from a gritty murder mystery, but it’s a grim reality for many of British Columbia’s indigenous residents.
Northern BC’s east-west corridor Yellowhead Highway 16 has friendly communities, great attractions and incredible scenery. Slow down and take the time to fully experience the “Yellowhead”. It all begins in the eastern border community of Tete Jaune Cache with the hovering Rocky Mountains to the north and the Cariboo Mountains to the south.
Jun 6, 2016 · The Highway of Tears refers to a 724 km length of Yellowhead Highway 16 in British Columbia where many women (mostly Indigenous) have disappeared or been found murdered. The Highway of Tears is part of a larger, national crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
Nov 8, 2021 · In this six-part series, Al Jazeera tells the stories of some of the Indigenous women and girls who have gone missing or been murdered along an infamous stretch of highway in British Columbia,...
The Yellowhead Highway corridors (TC#16 and BC #5) provide a unique gateway to some incredible indigenous attractions, amenities, and events in Western Canada.
Yellowhead Highway 16 is a major east–west route providing access to a number of attractions in Alberta and British Columbia, and junctioning with both the East and West Access Routes to the Alaska Highway as well as the Cassiar Highway.
Highway 16, also known as the Yellowhead Highway, stretches from the Rocky Mountains to the rugged Pacific coastline, and the Stewart-Cassiar Highway stretches up to the Yukon and Alaska borders. Mount Edziza Provincial Park | Photo: Andrew Strain.
Travel west from Terrace along Highway 16 and connect with Tahltan and Tsimshian cultures. This route takes you through the town of Smithers, glaciated valleys, and mountain ranges, to the edge of Canada’s Pacific Northwest at the port town of Prince Rupert, a gateway to wilderness adventure.
