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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
Sep 28, 2022 · The fascinating origins of the 3,500-kilometre route that now spans four provinces and dozens of beautiful parks. Photo: Nick Fox / Shutterstock.com. The scenic Yellowhead Highway, stretching to Mount Robson in the distance. This story is about weaving Western Canada together province by province.
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The Yellowhead Highway spans all four western Canadian provinces. 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.
The Southern Yellowhead Highway (BC Highway 5), is a spur route which runs from Tête Jaune Cache, a small village west of the Alberta border, south to Kamloops and the Lower Mainland, and is the shortest highway route between Edmonton and Vancouver.
Highway 5 is a 543 km (337 mi) north–south route in southern British Columbia, Canada. Highway 5 connects the southern Trans-Canada route with the northern Trans-Canada/Yellowhead route , providing the shortest land connection between Vancouver and Edmonton.
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.
