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Fernie Weigh Scale, circa 1962

Throwback Look at BC’s Historic Commercial Weigh Scale Stations

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 Leave a comment

Weigh scale inspection stations didn’t always look like they do today. They were small, simple and unassuming structures but they were BIG when it came to the safety of commercial transport in BC. We’re talking

Categories BC Highway History, Commercial Vehicles

BC Road Trip Time Machine: Travel Back to Highway 14 in 1966

November 27, 2020May 14, 2020 10 Comments

Get in and buckle up! Our beloved BC Road Trip Time Machine is back in action. This time we set our “flux capacitor” to Highway 14 (also known as West Coast Road) during the spring

Categories BC Highway History, BC Travellers

A BC Highways Perspective of the Hope Slide

September 16, 2020January 8, 2020 53 Comments

It was the largest known landslide in Canadian history. The Hope Slide forever changed the landscape of the Nicolum Valley in the Cascade Mountain Range, tragically taking the lives of four motorists who were on

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips, BC Travellers
Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal 1966

Back in the Day: Time Travel from Victoria to Sidney in 1966

November 17, 2020July 30, 2019 16 Comments

Hey Victoria! Are you ready for your time travel close up? That’s right folks, we’ve pointed our BC Road Trip Time Machine at Highway 17 on Vancouver Island and captured the provincial capital as it

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips, BC Travellers

BC Road Trip Time Machine: Travel Highway 7 from Burnaby to Maple Ridge in 1966

November 17, 2020March 22, 2019 9 Comments

British Columbia history nerds rejoice! We’ve got a new Road Trip Time Machine video for you. In this episode, our flux capacitor (aka photolog) will take us back to 1966 for a cruise along BC

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips, BC Travellers
Highway 12 Lytton Lillooet

Travel Back in Time to the Interior of BC as it was in 1966

October 3, 2018June 19, 2018 24 Comments

Are you ready? It’s time to hop on board our BC Road Trip Time Machine and travel back to 1966. This time we are driving Highway 8 from Merritt to Spences Bridge and Highway 12

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips

BC Highway History Alert! More Snapshots in Time Revealed

January 9, 2018January 9, 2018 39 Comments

Are you a BC Highways history nerd? If so – GET READY! We promised you more amazing historical images after our first historical snapshots blog  and we are delivering on that promise. Don’t consider yourself

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BC Road Trip Time Machine: See Vancouver as it was in 1966

October 2, 2018November 1, 2017 17 Comments

Hey Vancouver! Get ready for a ride down memory lane because our BC Road Trip Time Machine is heading your way. Our archival photolog footage rolls its way from Horseshoe Bay, through West Vancouver, over

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