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    • BC Highway History
  • Environment
    • Wildlife
    • Avalanche and Weather Program
    • Active Transportation
    • Adopt a Highway
    • Transit
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BC Road Trips

A look at the attractions, history and activities that are available along our beautiful province, accessible by our BC highway system.

Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal 1966

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

November 17, 2020July 30, 2019 21 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

October 7, 2021March 22, 2019 12 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

These Photos Will Make You Want to Travel BC

June 21, 2022September 14, 2018 2 Comments

“There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” – Jack Kerouac, On the Road Whenever summer hits, and we here at TranBC are tethered to our office computers, we

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See the Construction of the Fraser Canyon Highway in Historical Photos

June 9, 2022August 2, 2018 124 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 12 Lytton Lillooet

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

August 26, 2022June 19, 2018 29 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, Highway 12 from

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips

The Many Driving Conditions of Mount Washington

December 20, 2023February 15, 2018 29 Comments

When you hear the words Vancouver Island you probably think of February flower counts, storm watching in Tofino and salmon fishing in Campbell River. But, did you know that Vancouver Island is also home to

Categories BC Road Trips, Shift into Winter

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.

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips, BC Travellers

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.

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