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Map of Yellowhead Highway (Edit GPX) 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.
Southern Yellowhead Highway near Heffley Creek, British Columbia. The Yellowhead Highway (French: Route Yellowhead) is a major interprovincial highway in Western Canada that runs from Winnipeg to Graham Island off the coast of British Columbia via Saskatoon and Edmonton.
- 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
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Its 3,000 kilometers include the small town of Masset, BC on the archipelago of Haida Gwaii in the West, the major city of Winnipeg MB in the east and the many towns, villages, and cities in between. Click for an interactive map of the Yellowhead Highway. The Yellowhead Highway is entirely paved and mostly single-laned.
Length: 902 miles. Road Surface: Paved. Season: Open all year. Highest Pass: Obed Summit, elev. 3,819 feet. Maps (3 detailed pdf files available): Edmonton, AB to Prince George, BC. Prince George, BC to Topley, BC. Topley, BC to Prince Rupert, BC.
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.
Road Log. View Map. The Yellowhead Highway officially starts in Massett, on Haida Gwaii (Formerly known as Queen Charlotte Islands) and includes the ferry crossing from Skidegate to Prince Rupert. From Prince Rupert, the Yellowhead route crosses the western provinces of BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan before officially ending in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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