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The mileage/kilometre posts along theYellowhead highway indicate distances between major centers on the Yellowhead Highway 16.
Distances indicated by kilometre posts
along the highway are to Prince Rupert which is km 0.
This 733 km/455 mile highway takes you from Prince George, BC, to Prince Rupert on BC's Pacific coast, and the terminus for two coastal ferry Systems -The Alaska Marine Highway System, and the British Columbia Ferry System. The entire route is paved, and has the lowest grade of any highway through the Rocky Mountains and the coast Range. It is a river route, paralleling
the Nechako, Endako, Bulkley, and Skeena Rivers.
Yellowhead Highway Map (PDF)
km 721/mile 448 Prince George. Junction Highway 16 and Highway 97. Travel Info Center.
km 712.2/mile 442.5 Access road 14 km/8.7 miles to West Lake, boat launch.
km 700.7/mile 435.5 Chilako River.
km 675.7/mile 420 Tamarac Lake.
km 671.7/mile 417.4 Bednesti Lake Resort camping, motel, store.
km 667.8/mile 415 Cluculz Lake.
km 658.6/mile 409.2 Cluculz rest area; tables and toilets.
km 658/mile 409 Brookside Resort.
km 627/mile389.6 Parking.
km 625/mile 388.4 Vanderhoof. Population 4,000. Elevation 636 m/2,086 ft.
km 625/mile 388.4 Vanderhoof. Municipal Campground.
km 617/mile 383.4 Junction to Fort St. James. Fort St. James is designated as a National Historic Site because of its importance in BC's history. Established 1806 by Simon Fraser as a fur trading post for the Northwest Co.
Visitor's Center with Museum,
Theatre and Gift Shop. See the largest collection of original wooden buildings representing the fur trade in Canada. Experience living history with guides dressed in period costume and watch as native artisans build
canoes and tan hides. For more information, call 250 996-7191.
km 587.5/mile 365 Point of Interest sign about the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad, parking.
km 587/mile 364.7 Fort Fraser, with a population of about 400 people, is located on the Nechako River at the eastern end of Fraser Lake about 1 1/2 hours west of Prince George, BC. Historic points of interest are the Nadleh Whut'em Indian Village, Beaumont Park and the site where the "last spike" was driven on the Grand Trunk Railway on April 7, 1914. Tourist Info Center is at the east end of town.
Emergency: Police - 699-7777; Fire - 690-7500; Ambulance - 690-7557; Medical Clinic - 699-6225.
History
The Nadleh Whut'em First Nations Carrier people still occupy their original living site. They are a patriarchal society which means the children receive their
last names from their fathers Their four clans are the bear, frog, beaver, and the caribou.
One of the buildings of the original Fort Fraser sits at Beaumont Provincial Park. This fort was built during the fur
trade in 1806 by the Northwest Company and named after Simon Fraser.
On April 7, 1914, the "Last Spike" of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad was driven near Fort Fraser. This was Canada's second Trans
Continental Railway and linked the Prairies with the West Coast and Prince Rupert. Completion of the railway opened the area up to further settlement.
Services
Overnight camping at Beaumont Provincial Park or Forestry and Private campsites in the area.
Fort Fraser is just a few minutes from the East end of Fraser Lake.
The Holy Cross Forestry Road offers you trails (Cabin Creek Trail), forestry plantations and access to the Cheslatta Falls and the Kenny Dam.
Visit the Nautley River, the shortest river in British Columbia.
km 585.6/mile 364 Nechako River.
km 583.5/mile 362.6 Beaumont Provincial Park on Fraser Lake. Campground has 49 campsites, picnic tables, water, rest rooms, playground, dump station. Good swimming beach, boat launching. Fishing for Rainbow and char. Fee area.
km 580.2/mile 360.5 Piper's Glenn Resort.
km 577.7/mile 359 Dry William Lake Rest Area; picnic tables, toilets. Limited turnaround.
km 576.2/mile 358 Orange Valley Campground, full hook-ups, pull-through sites.
km 567/mile 352 Fraser Lake. Population 1,200. Elevation 786 m/2,579 ft. There is a Travel Information Center and trailer dump station. Originally built for Endako Mines Ltd. in 1964 to aid the development of what was then Canada's largest molybdenum mine. In 1982, when metal prices fell, the mine was closed. The main industries now are lumbering and tourism.
km 566/mile 351.7 Boat launch.
km 563/mile 349.8 Stellako River.
km 554/mile 344 Junction, south to Francois Lake 11 km/7 miles to east end of Francois Lake and Stellako River-excellent fly fishing stream.
km 553/mile 343.6 Endako, a small highway community was a main railway turnover point.
km 549/mile 341 Endako River Bridge.
km 542.2/mile 337 Rest area with Welcome to the Lakes District sign; tables.
km 524/mile 325.6 Parking.
km 508.6/mile 316 Rest area; tables. Rock Cairn which includes a rock from King Arthur's castle in Tintagel, England.
km 496/mile 308 Burns Lake. Population 2,763 Elevation 707 m/2,320 ft. There is a Travel Info Center and Museum on the highway.
Junction of Highway 35 leads south 16 km/10 miles to Tchesinkut Lake, 24km/15 miles to Francois Lake and ferry crossing to Southside area.
km 494.5/mile 307.3 Welcome to Burns Lake information sign, parking.
km 487.8/mile 303 Decker Lake, small highway community. Trout fishing in Decker Lake.
km 478.5/mile 297.3 Rest area; toilets.
km 470/mile 292 Rose Lake, picnic area.
km 456.4/mile 283.6 Six Mile Summit, highest point on the highway 850m/2788 ft. View of the Upper Bulkley Valley to the west and China Nose Mountain to the south.
km 456/mile 283.4 Parking.
km 453.7/mile 282 Parking
km 445.7/mile 277 Topley is located 50 km west of Burns Lake and is at the junction with Highway #118. It is 49 km north to Granisle and scenic Babine Lake, the longest (110 miles) natural lake in BC.
Babine Lake Provincial Park as 16
camp sites, water, toilets and boat launch. Fee area. Babine Lake is 45 km north of Burns Lake.
Red Bluff Provincial Park has 27 camp sites, day-use area, water, toilets, boat launch, beach and biking trails. The
BC Fisheries Fulton River Sockeye Project here is one of the largest in the world. Visitors are welcome. Excellent rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, and ling cod fishing. Fee area.
Topley Landing also has resort with campground and marina.
Emergency: Ambulance 1-800-461-9911; Fire 696-3377
Services
Sunset Lake has a campsite picnic area and boat launch. Findley Falls is good for swimming and fishing.
km 445/mile 276.5 Rest area; large information map of Granisle and Babine Lake; including the site and information of where Wooly Mammoth remains were found. Tables and toilets.
km 432.4/mile 268.7 Parking
km 419/mile 260 Houston Golf Course.
km 418/mile 260 Shady Rest RV Park.
km 417/mile 259 Bulkley River Bridge.
km 416.3/mile 258.6 Houston Travel Info Center. The population of Houston is approximately 4,000. Elevation 594m/1,949 ft.
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