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The Yellowhead Highway #16 (Yellowhead Route of the Trans Canada Highway) follows the #1 Highway from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Prince Rupert, British Columbia. It covers over a thousand kilometres of wide open Prairie across three provinces, and then almost a thousand kilometres of mountainous terrain across northen British Columbia.
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Within Manitoba, the highway travels 273 km (170 mi) before meeting the main Trans-Canada Highway near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, where it ends its Highway 16 designation. It then overlaps the TCH into Winnipeg as an unnumbered highway.
- Established in 1970, Renumbered to Hwy 16 in 1976, Trans-Canada Highway in 1990
- Route 52 in Winnipeg, MB
- 2,859 km (1,777 mi)
- Hodges Avenue / Towhill Road in Masset, BC
Click for an interactive map of the Yellowhead Highway. The Yellowhead Highway is entirely paved and mostly single-laned. The start of the highway, at Haida Gwaii, is level and narrow, with many curves as it winds its way through forested and somewhat hilly terrain. Crossing over to Prince Rupert, you can relax as someone else drives!
The Yellowhead Highway is a 2,859-kilometre (1,777 mi) highway in Western Canada, running from Masset, British Columbia, to where it intersects Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) just west of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. It is designated as Highway 16 in all four provinces that it passes through (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and ...
- July 30, 1962–present
- St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
- 7,476 km (4,645 mi)Main route
The 2,660 km (1,650 mi) Yellowhead Highway is one of multiple highways which compose the Trans-Canada Highway system; in all four western provinces (BC, AB, SK, MB) it is numbered as provincial Highway 16, with exception of the easternmost 100 km (62 mi) which follows Manitoba Highway 1.
Sep 28, 2022 · An early map of the Yellowhead, pointing out its many attractions. The Direct Route. The Dominion of Canada, worried about America seizing disputed territories, passed legislation for the government to deed land and lawfully populate the West.
