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Kilometer posts indicate distances from Prince Rupert (km 0).
km 416.3/mile 259 Houston.
km 411/mile 255 Rest area on east side of Bulkley River; tables and toilets.
km 399.7/mile 248.4 Hungry Hill Summit 844 meters/2769 ft.
km 395/mile 245.5 Rest area; tables, toilets.
km 372/mile 231 Bulkley View Rest area; picnic tables, toilets.
km 368/mile 228.7 Ft. Telkwa RV Park.
km 367.5/mile 228.4 Tyhee Lake Provincial Park, 59 camp sites, day-use area, showers, toilets. Beach, interpretive trail and wildlife viewing platform. Boat launch and sani-dump.
km 367/mile 228 Telkwa. Population 860. All visitor facilities are available in this quiet northern town. The museum, located in the schoolhouse in the center of town, the
old schoolhouse is packed with Telkwa's history. It is here you will also find the Travel Infocenter. At the west side of town is Eddy Park on the Bulkley River.
km 356/mile 221 Riverside Recreation Center. RV Park and Par 3 Golf.
km 355.5/mile 221 Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park., day-use area, toilets, self-guiding interpretive trail and viewing platform.
Driftwood Canyon is recognized as one of the world's most significant fossil beds.
km 355/mile 220.6 Bulkley River.
km 352/mile 218.7 Smithers. Travel Info Center. Population 5,000. Elevation 496 meters/1627 ft.
km 352/mile 218.7 Smithers, Info Center.
km 350/mile 217.5 Smithers Golf Club.
km 347/mile 215.6 Smithers airport.
km 343/mile 213 Rest area.
km 337/mile 209.4 Toboggon Creek Fish Hatchery. Visitors welcome.
km 329.5/mile 204.7 Trout Creek.
km 321/mile 199.4 Stop of Interest at Moricetown Canyon. Moricetown is an old Native village with several original totem poles just off highway. Natives can often be seen spearing and netting salmon in the narrow Moricetown Canyon on Bulkley River. Short side road on right (for westbound) crosses wooden bridge spanning canyon. Campground is located across bridge.
km 309/mile 192 East Boulder Creek.
km 304/mile 189 Parking.
km 303/mile 188.3 Parking.
km 301/mile 187 Parking, picnic tables overlooking Bulkley River.
km 299.8/mile 186.3 Parking.
km 287.5/mile 178.6 Ross Lake Provincial Park, day-use area. Toilets, rustic boat launch, hiking trails. Fishing, swimming and canoeing. 4 km side road, swimming, picnicking, fishing.
km 285.5/mile 177.4 Parking with info sign.
km 285/mile 177 The Hazeltons, Travel Info Center. Population is approximately 1,358. Elevation 306m/1,004 ft.
km 277/mile 172 South Hazleton.
km 274.5/mile 170.5 Seeley Lake Provincial Park. 20 campsites, picnic sites, water, swimming, fishing. Fee area.
km 258/mile 160.3 Parking; Historical Plaque on Skeena Crossing. Kitsequecla Indian Village. Many Totems are still scattered throughout the village.
km 245/mile 152.2 Parking.
km 241/mile 150 Visitor facilities. Junction of Cassiar Highway 37 (north to Stewart, BC; Hyder, Alaska; and Watson Lake, Yukon). (See Index under Highways to Alaska for Hwy 37).
km 237/mile 147.3 Price Creek.
km 235.2/mile 146.2 Parking.
km 232.7/mile 144.6 Boulder Creek West.
km 232/mile 144.2 Large rest area; picnic tables, toilets. Nice picnic spot.
km 227/mile 141 Whiskey Creek.
km 226/mile 140.4 Parking.
km 225.2/mile 140 Gull Creek.
km 220/mile 136.7 Coyote Creek.
km 218/mile 135.5 Parking by Skeena River.
km 213.7/mile 132.8 Flint Creek.
km 208.5/mile 129.6 Viewpoint, parking. Historical plaque on Skeena riverboats.
km 206/mile 128 Hells Bells Creek.
km 201/mile 125 Parking.
km 195/mile 121.2 Big Oliver Creek.
km 193/mile 120 Little Oliver Creek.
km 187/mile 116 Legate Creek.
km 181.4/mile 112.7 Rest area overlooking Skeena River; tables, toilets and water.
km 179.5/mile 111.5 St. Croix Creek.
km 174/mile 108 Chimdemash Creek.
km 170/mile 105.6 Usk was virtually wiped out during the Skeena River flood of 1936. The village is served by one of the few reaction ferries in BC, locals from both sides of the Skeena make the crossing by ferry. The tiny roadside chapel built as a replica of one which was destroyed in the flood.
km 166.3/mile 103.3 Kleanza Creek Provincial Park. 32 camp sites, group site, picnic tables, pump for drinking water. Access via 1 km/.6 mile paved side road. 24-hour security, gate controlled. Features canyon with cascading waterfalls, hiking trail to top of canyon with view point and intermediate kayaking. Handicap accessible. In the day use area there are horseshoe pits, basketball, and a checker board. Trout fishing. $12 fee.
km 166/mile 103 Kleanza Creek.
km 163.6/mile 101.6 Small parking area.
km 157/mile 97.5 Copper River Bridge.
km 155/mile 96.3 Parking, "Welcome to Terrace" tourist info sign.
km 151/mile 93.8 Junction with Highway 37 to Kitimat ) 59km/36 miles and Airport (5km/3 miles). Lakelse Lake Provincial Park, 19 km/12 miles, has 156 campsites, log house picnic shelters, drinking water, flush toilets, showers, boat ramp, swimming, fishing, dump station.
km 150/mile 93.2 Skeena River Bridge.
km 149.8/mile 93 Ferry Island Campground.
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