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BC Road Trip Time Machine – Prince Rupert to Terrace in 1966

August 2, 2023April 12, 2016 19 Comments

Join us on a Highway 16 road trip from 50 years ago, through some of BC’s most spectacular natural landscapes – Prince Rupert to Terrace. The folks in our Skeena District office travelled this segment

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips, BC Travellers, Road Maintenance

BC Road Trip Time Machine: Lytton to Revelstoke, circa 1966

November 17, 2020February 25, 2016 23 Comments

You asked for this one and we are happy to deliver it. Step back in time with us as we travel BC Highway 1 from Lytton to Revelstoke, circa 1966. This super cool, historical photolog

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Ministry trucking being loaded

BC Road Trip Time Machine: Hope to Lytton on BC Highway 1, circa 1966

November 10, 2021January 22, 2016 42 Comments

You asked for it and here it is. Hop aboard our BC Road Trip Time Machine and travel back to Highway 1, through the Fraser Canyon from Hope to Lytton, circa 1966. The significance of

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BC Road Trip Time Machine: Highway 99 from Horseshoe Bay to Squamish

November 16, 2022September 10, 2015 20 Comments

 Get in and buckle up because this episode of our BC Road Trip Time Machine is set to take you on one curvy highway – Highway 99 from Horseshoe Bay to Squamish to be

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BC Road Trip Time Machine: Cruising Highway 97 from PG to Dawson Creek

November 16, 2022August 11, 2015 Leave a comment

Hop aboard the latest episode of our 1966 road trip series – Highway 97 from Prince George to Dawson Creek. It’s a long ride, so we have broken it into three segments for you to

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Ride the BC Road Trip Time Machine: Highway 1 and Port Mann Bridge 1966

October 6, 2022March 25, 2015 4 Comments

By now, you may have already experienced what it’s like to go back in time through our BC Road Trip Time Machine series. Using an old 16 mm reel from our Photolog program archives, we

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BC RoadTrip Time Machine: The Malahat, circa 1966

August 19, 2022February 10, 2015 6 Comments

A while back, we posted an invitation to Drive a BC Highway in 15,000 Photos. It was a fast-paced tour of the Coquihalla Highway from 2008 and an introduction to our Photolog program. That post

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What’s Shakespeare’s Connection to the Coquihalla?

November 7, 2021June 19, 2014 3 Comments

If you’ve ever driven the Coquihalla Highway, you’ve probably noticed names like Shylock, Othello, Juliet, Portia. And if you’re a fan of English literature, you’d also probably recognize these names as characters penned by none

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