Yellowhead Highway

British Columbia and Alberta In the west, the highway begins at Masset, British Columbia, on Haida Gwaii, heading south along Graham Island for to Skidegate. It then connects via a BC Ferries route to Prince Rupert, then passes southeastward for through to Prince George, before travelling another eastward through to Tête Jaune Cache. A spur of the Yellowhead Highway, Highway 5, also known as the Southern Yellowhead Highway, connects the main Yellowhead Highway at Tête Jaune Cache midway between the Alberta–British Columbia border and Prince George. Saskatchewan and Manitoba The highway travels southeast for to Saskatchewan's largest city, Saskatoon, passing through North Battleford about halfway in between. Beyond Saskatoon, the Yellowhead Highway continues its southeastern journey through the province for to Yorkton. The highway continues for another from Yorkton and enters Manitoba northwest of Russell. Within Manitoba, the highway travels before meeting the main Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) west of Portage la Prairie, where it ends its "Highway 16" designation. It then overlaps the TCH into Manitoba's capital and largest city, Winnipeg, as an unnumbered highway. Officially, the eastern end of the Yellowhead Highway is at the corner of Portage Avenue and Main Street in Downtown Winnipeg. The total length of the Yellowhead Highway, including ferries, is . ==History==

constructing a highway through the Yellowhead Pass in 1942later a namesake stretch of the Yellowhead Highway The main Yellowhead Highway has been designated as Highway 16 for its entire length since 1977. Prior to this, only the Alberta and British Columbia portions of the highway were designated with this number. The Manitoba portion from the Trans-Canada Highway west of Portage la Prairie to the Saskatchewan border was designated as PTH 4 (redesignated PTH 16 in 1977), while the Saskatchewan portion (which was redesignated as Highway 16 in 1976) had two numbers designated. From the Manitoba border to Saskatoon, the highway was designated as Highway 14 while the portion from Saskatoon to Lloydminster and the Alberta border was designated as Highway 5. Prior to the opening of the Yellowhead Highway, Highways 5 and 14 both ran the width of Saskatchewan; the respective eastern and western portions of these highways retain their original designations. Prior to the highway retaining the number 16 designation, a very small section of the highway along Idylwyld Drive in Saskatoon was not designated with a number, as Highway 14 redirected on to 22 Street and Highway 5 would redirect on to Idylwyld Drive from 23 Street. Currently, the Yellowhead Highway remains unnumbered between PTH 16 and Winnipeg, although it shares the roadway with PTH 1. Despite the E.A. & G.R.A.'s lobbying efforts the successor railway (the Canadian National) would not give up the right-of-way. Therefore, a different route to Jasper was assembled from old cart path, with the club paying for some sections to be built themselves. The E.A. & G.R.A. offered a $100 prize to the first motorists to reach Jasper from Edmonton. The prize was claimed by stunt driver Charley Neimeyer and mechanic Frank Silverthorne in an Overland in June 1922 just beating out George Gordon and J.E. Sims in a Ford by a few days. Both parties continued all the way to the coast and each also received a gold medal from the city of Victoria for being the first to reach that city by motorcar from across the Rockies, Neimeyer and Silverthorne though Washington State, and Gordon and Sims via the Fraser Canyon. In the 2000s, route markers along the Coquihalla Highway were changed to reflect Yellowhead Highway 5. ==See also==