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BC Travellers

Information of interest to commuters, tourists and recreational drivers in rural and urban BC.

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
Flattest route in BC

Scenic Not Steep – The Flattest Route from Victoria to Alberta

February 14, 2023July 5, 2018 40 Comments

What’s the flattest route to drive across BC, if you’re taking a road trip, and bringing your accommodation with you? We in BC tend to take our mountainous terrain for granted and those glorious summits

Categories BC Travellers
Highway 97 Lettering

The Story of the Highway 97 Alphabet

July 11, 2022June 29, 2018 34 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

Categories BC Highway History, 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

How Survey Drones Make Transportation Better

October 3, 2018June 8, 2018 1 Comment

When it comes to getting an accurate lay of the land, survey drones are indeed the “droids” we’re looking for. Also known as UAVs (or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), drones are remote controlled flying devices equipped

Categories BC Travellers

Why BC Is On The Alert Against Mussel Invaders

June 12, 2024May 29, 2018 7 Comments

BC is on guard against nasty invasive mussels that attach themselves to boats in freshwater. (Not to be confused with useful muscles attached to people.) Specifically it’s quagga and zebra mussels that we’re preventing from

Categories Environment, Tips and How Tos, Wildlife
wildlife program

Bear Jams: What They Are and How to Avoid Them

September 26, 2018May 24, 2018 Leave a comment

  OK, choose your own adventure time… bear jams edition. Scenario: You and your kids are driving along one of BC’s picturesque highways (imagine the Sea to Sky, or Highway 4 to Vancouver Island’s west

Categories Tips and How Tos, Wildlife

See and Be Seen: How to Avoid Wildlife on Your Motorcycle

October 16, 2023May 16, 2018 10 Comments

You probably know that May is Motorcycle Awareness Month – the time of year when we remind drivers to watch for motorcyclists who are back out on the road now that the better weather has

Categories Adopt a Highway, BC Travellers
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