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Key
Highway
Major road
Minor road
Main railroad
Minor railroad
International border
Provincial border
Summit

Legislative Chamber in the provincial Parliament Buildings, Victoria
Simpson Peak Getting Around
Atlin 2173 m Coal River Liard
Atlin Good Hope Several major highways cross British Columbia: the
Lake Lake Cassiar Mountains MUNCHO LAKE Trans-Canada (Highway 1), Crowsnest (Highway 3), and
PROVINCIAL PARK
Yellowhead (Highway 16). The Coquihalla (Highway 5) is a
FORT NELSON four-lane route between Hope and Kamloops. It is 45 miles
Meszah Peak
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2164 m (73 km) shorter than the Trans-Canada route. Highway 97
o Mount Roosevelt
Dease Lake
a 2972 m links Dawson Creek with Whitehorse, in the Yukon. On
s Glenora Prophet River
t Vancouver Island, Highways 1, 4, and 19 are the main
Mount Lloyd George routes. VIA trains and Greyhound buses travel to many BC
Mount Edziza 2970 m
Mount Ratz 2787 m
3136 m M destinations. Work to improve the roads and highways in
Canada’s national historic sites, national parks, and marine
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Stikine u t Skeena Moun tains Sikanni Chief ALASKA HIGHWAY conservation areas is ongoing. Visit www.pc.gc.ca for up-to-
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date information.
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Meziadin Hudson's Hope
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Junction DAWSON
Williston CREEK
Lake
Chetwynd Tupper
Takla
THE Lake Mackenzie
HAZELTONS Tumbler Ridge
O m i n e c a M o u n t a i n s
CRUISE TO
ALASKA SMITHERS BRITISH COLUMBIA
Skeena Babine Fort St. James
Lake
Masset PRINCE Fraser Lake Mount Sir Alexander
Graham RUPERT Kitimat Fraser 3274 m
Island PRINCE GEORGE McBride
Skidegate Eutsuk Mount Robson
Lake 3954 m
Princess Nazko Wooden waterwheel, Fort Steele Heritage Town
Royal Valemount
Moresby Island
Island Anahim Columbia Mountains
Lake Fraser WELLS GRAY Mount Columbia
3741 m
Plateau PROVINCIAL PARK
HAIDA GWAII
Bella Bella Williams Mica YOHO
Monarch Mountain Lake Clearwater Creek NATIONAL PARK
Queen 3533 m
Charlotte Mount Waddington GLACIER KOOTENAY
Sound 4016 m Fraser NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL PARK
Clinton
Revelstoke RADIUM HOT SPRINGS
Port Hardy Lillooet KAMLOOPS Invermere
Coast Mountains
PURCELL MOUNTAINS
Campbell OKANAGAN
River WHISTLER VALLEY KELOWNA FORT STEELE
HERITAGE TOWN
Vancouver Powell SUMMERLAND Nelson Cranbrook Fernie
River
Island Castlegar
Vancouver Hope THE KOOTENAYS
NANAIMO Abbotsford
Tofino GULF ISLANDS Osoyoos
PACIFIC RIM CHEMAINUS
NPR COWICHAN
BUTCHART VICTORIA REGION
GARDENS
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