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BC Highway History

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

October 2, 2018November 1, 2017 19 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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Snapshots in Time: Who is the “Highways Department”?

October 7, 2020September 19, 2017 29 Comments

If you’ve visited us here before, you probably know that sometimes, we like to kick it old school. We throw it back here, on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter with pictures, video and stories about how

Categories BC Highway History, BC Travellers

North to Alaska! Celebrating 75 Years of Ingenuity and Travel                

November 17, 2020August 14, 2017 2 Comments

Celebrate two birthdays on the Alaska Highway this year, as the route turns 75 years old and Canada marks its 150th year. There are special celebratory events to recognize the route’s storied past and loads of natural wonders along the way.

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Why Building of the Alaska Highway is Still an Epic Feat Decades Later

September 26, 2022May 24, 2017 39 Comments

Driven by wartime urgency, the building of the Alaska Highway remains an epic accomplishment, decades later. The heroic efforts by US soldiers who in only eight months, built a 2,400-kilometre route through wilderness while enduring extraordinary hardships, will always be the foundation of this storied route.

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips

See What Tofino and Ucluelet Was Like in the 1960s

October 7, 2021April 6, 2017 39 Comments

Have you ever wondered what it was like in Tofino and Ucluelet 50 years ago? If you’re already familiar with our photolog video series, you know how fascinating it is to tour British Columbia as

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips, BC Travellers

Travel Back in Time to the Hope – Princeton Highway in 1966

December 15, 2022September 22, 2016 46 Comments

As many of you already know, we’ve been digitizing 16mm photolog footage from 1966 to give you our BC Road Trip Time Machine video series. We love this stuff and you do to. In fact,

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips, BC Travellers
Road Trip Time Machine

1966 Time Machine Videos Take Exciting New Trips

November 17, 2020August 8, 2016 4 Comments

When we firsted started putting together the BC Road Trip Time Machine series, we thought they’d be interesting to share and a cool way to look back at our beautiful province 50 years ago. We’ve

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips

Woodenhead a Solid Monument to Highway Safety

July 11, 2022June 7, 2016 17 Comments

A man with a wooden stare is watching over the Trans-Canada Highway at Revelstoke, to see if motorists are driving safely. The man, with his unblinking gaze, was once stationed along the Big Bend Highway

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