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See the Construction of the Fraser Canyon Highway in Historical Photos

May 19, 2020August 2, 2018 107 Comments

History and infrastructure nerds rejoice! We’ve collected a stunning group of photographs documenting the construction of the Fraser Canyon Highway beginning in the 1920s, and moving into the 30s, 40s and 50s. We’re excited to

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips, BC Travellers
Highway 97 Lettering

The Story of the Highway 97 Alphabet

September 26, 2018June 29, 2018 27 Comments

Scan around Canada’s highway system and you’ll find that BC is the only province to have an A, B, C and D version of a highway. In this province, those letters are tagged onto Highway

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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

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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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Snapshots in Time: Who is the “Highways Department”?

October 7, 2020September 19, 2017 25 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

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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 75 Years Later

November 17, 2020August 10, 2017 27 Comments

Driven by wartime urgency, the building of the Alaska Highway remains an epic accomplishment, 75 years 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.

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