British Columbia Highway 1 facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Highway 1
Trans-Canada Highway
A map of southern British Columbia with Hwy 1 highlighted in red
Route information
Length	1,047 km (651 mi)
Existed	1961–present
Vancouver Island section
Length	116 km (72 mi)
South end	Dallas Road in Victoria
Major junctions	Hwy 17 in Victoria Hwy 19 in Nanaimo
North end	Departure Bay Ferry Terminal
Mainland section
Length	877 km (545 mi)
West end	Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal
Major junctions	Hwy 99 in West Vancouver Hwy 7 / Hwy 7B in Coquitlam Hwy 15 / Hwy 17 in Surrey Hwy 10 in Langley Hwy 11 in Abbotsford Hwy 3 / Hwy 5 in Hope Hwy 97 north in Cache Creek Hwy 5 in Kamloops Hwy 97 south at Monte Creek Hwy 97B in Salmon Arm Hwy 97A in Sicamous Hwy 95 in Golden
East end	Alberta border at Kicking Horse Pass continues as Hwy 1 (TCH)
Highway system
British Columbia provincial highways ← Hwy 395 Hwy 1A →

British Columbia Highway 1 is part of the British Columbia section of the Trans-Canada Highway. It is 1,039 kilometers (646 miles) long across the southern part of British Columbia, including the part covered by ferries.

The highway starts near the provincial border with Alberta near Kicking Horse Pass, passign through the town of Field. Between the towns of Monte Creek and Cache Creek, the highway shares the same roadway with Highway 5 and Highway 97 for much of the distance. At West Vancouver on the Pacific coast of British Columbia, Highway 1 ends on the mainland at the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal. The highway then resumes on Vancouver Island at the B.C. Ferry terminal near Departure Bay. The highway runs southward near the eastern coast of the island until it ends in the city of Victoria.

Images for kids

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  The beginning of Hwy 1 at the Mile Zero monument in Victoria

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  Vancouver Island section

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  Ferry traffic on Highway 1 at the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal.

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  Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing

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  Highway 1 as it enters Vancouver from Burnaby.

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  British Columbia Highway 1 near Brentwood, Burnaby.

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  The new Port Mann Bridge, crossing the Fraser River

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  Fraser Canyon along British Columbia Highway #1 between Hope and Yale

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  Highway 1 just east of Kamloops heading westbound.

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  Summit of Rogers Pass

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  Highway 1 crossing the Park Bridge in the Kicking Horse Canyon