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British Columbia Highway #16 "Trans Canada Highway - The Yellowhead Highway Route"

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Junction of Highways #16 North west to Prince George, BC; East to Town of Jasper, AB and
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'The Yellow Head Route' & Jasper Banff National Parks, The Ice Field Parkway(Columbia Ice
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British Columbia Highway Fields).
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1.1 #5 NOTE: For highway travel south via British Columbia highway #5 -
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4.6 See Milebymile.com Road Map Highway Travel Guide Kamloops, BC
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7.4 to BC; Highway #16 'The Yellow Head Route' for highway driving
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8.8 directions.

Junction of Highways #16 Community of Tête Jaune Cache, BC. Tête Jaune Cache was named

'The Yellow Head Route' & after a fur trader and trapper named Pierre Hastination who guided for

British Columbia Highway the Hudson's Bay Company in the early 1800s. Pierre was nicknamed

#5 Tête Jaune by the French voyageurs because of his blonde hair. Tete

Jaune Cache, is at the confluence of the BC; Fraser and Robson Rivers.

Roadside highway turnout - Overlooking Fraser River, BC; picnic tables, toilets. The Fraser River is

Rest Area Canada's fifth-largest river system. The Fraser River is the longest river

in British Columbia, Canada, rising near Mount Robson, BC and

flowing for 1,375 km (870 mi), into the Pacific Ocean at the city of

Vancouver, BC.

Highway Access Government Weigh Scales and Truck Inspection Station, telephone

Roadside highway turnout Overlooking the Fraser River, BC.

Roadside highway turnout Access to Rearguard Falls; Lookout and Hiking Area, Information

View Area Directions sign, north side of highway.

Roadside highway turnout - Large highway rest area Toilets, Telephone

Rest Area

Highway Access Access to Mount Robson Cabins and Campground, Food, camping

tours

Highway Access Access to highway pullout, south side of highway. Mountain River

Lodge B&B

Point of Interest Crossing Swift Current Creek, BC.

Point of Interest Entering west boundary of Mount Robson Provincial Park,

Campground. Two highway pullouts on south side of highway. There

are three drive-in campgrounds:

* Robson Meadows - 125 treed campsites;

* Robson River - 19 campsites. Lucerne - 36 campsites. - Facilities -

Showers, Playground, Pit or Flush Toilets, Picnic Areas, Group

Camping, Drinking Water, Campfires,

Boat Launch, Swimming, Sani-Station/Dump.

9.3 Point of Interest Crossing the Robson River, BC

9.8 Highway Access Access to Robson River Campground

10.3 Highway Access Access north side of highway, Mount Robson Provincial

Park,Information Centre Camping. Southside of highway, Robson

Meadows,camping,125 treed sites. Photo looking west from highway

#16 at the Information Center.

11.2 Roadside highway turnout South side of highway, Overlander parks trails

12.7 Roadside highway turnout Southside of highway.

15.7 Roadside highway turnout South side of highway.

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17.8 Roadside highway turnout Both sides of highway.

22.1 Roadside highway turnout Information Direction Sign, toilet, access to Moose Lake,

boating,fishing

24.4 Point of Interest Crossing Moose River, BC.

27.2 Point of Interest Crossing Grant Brook

31.1 Point of Interest Crossing the Fraser River, BC.

32.1 Point of Interest Crossing Gitita creek, BC

34.2 Point of Interest Mt. Robson / Fraser River, small pullout southside of highway. This is

where Simon Fraser started his dangerous journey to the tidewaters of

the Pacific Ocean.

34.5 Point of Interest Crossing Yellowhead Creek, BC.

35.6 Highway Access Mt. Robson/Lucerne Provincial Park Campground, 34 sites, hiking,

fishing, swimming

36.5 Highway Access Access to Witney Lake, BC, Yellowhead Mountain

37.5 Highway Access Yellowhead Lake, boat launch and picnic area, Mount Fitzgerald

Viewing Area, toilets

37.7 Point of Interest Crossing Rockingham Creek

38.2 Roadside highway turnout North side of highway,toilets, overlooking Yellowhead Lake,

information direction sign.

41.4 Roadside highway turnout Large highway turnout. South side of highway

41.6 Time Zone Change Pacific Standard Time west, Central Standard Time east

41.6 Point of Interest Entering The Province of Alberta, Crossing the British

Columbia/Alberta Border. East boundry of Mount Robson Provincial

Park. Highway pullouts on both sides of highway, north side pullout has

picnic tables and lake view.

44.2 Point of Interest Entering west boundary of Jasper National Park. Jasper Park, is the

largest and most northerly Canadian rocky mountain national park, part

of a spectacular World Heritage Site. Campgrounds - Jasper National

Park offers 10 campgrounds: Whistlers, Wapiti, Wabasso, Pocahontas,

Snaring River, Mount Kerkeslin, Honeymoon Lake, Jonas Creek,

Columbia Icefield, and Wilcox Creek. Jasper National Park has over

1700 campsites spread throughout the park.

47.6 Roadside highway turnout Small Highway turnout, towards creek

47.7 Point of Interest Crossing Crair Vaux Creek

50.5 Roadside highway turnout North side of highway by Meadow Creek

51.6 Roadside highway turnout - North side of highway, overlooking river, toilets, paved turnout,

Photo taken at turnout historical marker sign.

51.6 Roadside highway turnout Photo taken from turnout.

51.6 Roadside highway turnout Historical marker sign taken at roadside highway turnout. Sign reads

The Yellowhead Pass Le Col TeTe-Jaune: This pass was used for brief

periods from the mid 1820s to the early 1850s by the Hudson Bay

Company, principally to transport leather especially moose hides from

Saskatchewan District to its posts in New Calidonia.

52.5 Roadside highway turnout Small turnout, southside of highway

54.9 Roadside highway turnout North side of highway

55.4 Roadside highway turnout North side of highway

56.9 Roadside highway turnout South side of highway,Information direction sign

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57.3 Junction of Highway # 93 South to The Ice Field Parkway,AB, Columbia Ice Fields, Banff

and Highway # 16 National Park, AB, Lake Louise, AB, east to Edmonton, AB. Entering

The Town of Jasper, AB. - Attractions in and around Lake Louise and

Banff: Lake Louise Summer Sightseeing Lift & Gondola - Sulphur

Mountain Gondola - Brewster Lake Louise Stables - Brewster Lake

Louise Sleigh Rides - Skiing - Helicopter - Skiing/Downhill. Banff

Mount Norquay, Sunshine Village, Skiing Louise - White Water

Rafting Trips - Guided Walks & Hikes - Dog Sled Tours.

57.3 Junction of Highway # 93 Start/Finish of Road Map Highway Travel Guide. NOTE: For highway

and Highway # 16 travel south via Alberta Highway #93 'Icefields Parkway' - See

Milebymile.com Road Map Highway Travel Guide - Jasper, AB to Lake

Louise, BC, Banff, BC. NOTE: For highway travel east via Alberta

Highway #16 'The Yellow Head Route' - See Milebymile.com Road

Map Highway Travel Guide - Edmonton, AB to Jasper, Alberta/British

Columbia Border for highway driving directions. -e

Cottonwood Suite Bed and Breakfast
Wyndswept Bed and Breakfast
315 Geikie Street, Jasper, AB, 780-852-4115,
[email protected] (Lat/Long = 52.880660,
-118.081480)
Lot #12 Folding Mountain Village, Jasper, AB, 780-866-3950,
[email protected] (Lat/Long = 52.883760, -118.111910)

Canoe River Campground Campground
iRVin's Park and Campground
Robson Shadows Campground P.O.Box 2, 6190 S Highway five S,, Valemount, BC,
250-566-9112 (Lat/Long = 52.780179, -119.253760)
Valemount, BC, 250-566-4781, [email protected] (Lat/Long
= 52.831220, -119.264311)
Valemount, BC, 250-566-4821, [email protected]
(Lat/Long = 52.831220, -119.264311)

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