Category: BC Highway 1

As a child growing up in Surrey in the 1950s and ’60s, the Trans-Canada Highway through the Fraser Canyon was a regular route for our family road trips, and I’ve never lost my fascination with the 7 tunnels that were built between 1957 and 1964. Located between Boston Bar...

We got off to an early start in Quesnel on Friday, excited about this being the last day of the road trip to Vancouver. After a big breakfast at Smitty’s, we were on the road at 06:50. Although we did get a lot of fog and ice as expected,...

Richmond to Quesnel, via the Fraser Canyon and Cariboo I’ve just returned from another trip, short in time but long in miles. A friend from Vancouver has just moved to Whitehorse, and when I found out that she’s not a fan of long-distance driving, I offered to drive her...