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Search Results for: Time machine

How We’re Helping Carriage Drivers and Motorists Stay Safely on Course

May 26, 2022May 20, 2021 10 Comments

One of our more unusual warning signs, designed to keep carriage drivers, horses and motorists safely on course, is posted on side roads that were once part of the Cariboo Wagon Road.

Categories Engineering, Tips and How Tos
Culvert and sinkhole repair

Rejuvenating and Reopening the Popular Cowichan Valley Trail

July 11, 2022March 30, 2021 17 Comments

True, we are road builders. But the recent series of upgrades to the popular multi-use Cowichan Valley Trail is a reminder that we are also trail builders. In fact, we own six rail trails around

Categories BC Projects, Flooding
Fernie Weigh Scale, circa 1962

Throwback Look at BC’s Historical Commercial Weigh Scale Stations

November 9, 2022February 26, 2021 6 Comments

Weigh scale inspection stations didn’t always look like they do today. They were small, simple and unassuming structures but they were BIG when it came to the safety of commercial transport in BC. We’re talking

Categories BC Highway History, Commercial Vehicles

BC Road Trip Time Machine: Travel Back to Highway 14 in 1966

November 27, 2020May 14, 2020 15 Comments

Get in and buckle up! Our beloved BC Road Trip Time Machine is back in action. This time we set our “flux capacitor” to Highway 14 (also known as West Coast Road) during the spring

Categories BC Highway History, BC Travellers
A snow plow clears snow from a BC Highway

Spotted! 3 Types of Snow Plows Found on BC Highways

November 9, 2020March 10, 2020 8 Comments

We often hear from the travelling public, asking questions about the types of snowplows at work on BC highways during the winter, and how they help keep travellers safe. We thought it would be helpful

Categories Road Maintenance

A BC Highways Perspective of the Hope Slide

October 25, 2023January 8, 2020 76 Comments

It was the largest known landslide in Canadian history. The Hope Slide forever changed the landscape of the Nicolum Valley in the Cascade Mountain Range, tragically taking the lives of four motorists who were on

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips, BC Travellers
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
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