Fraser Canyon Highway Map

These days, most people take the coquihalla, but in days past highway 1 through the fraser canyon was the main route into central and northern british columbia. Colloquially, the term fraser canyon is often used to include the thompson canyon from lytton to ashcroft, since they form the same highway route which most people. Detailed street map and route planner provided by google.

Beginning in and around 1987, we would make the journey from northern bc to the lower mainland almost religiously every summer and did so until 2009. Highway 1 follows the scenic fraser river through the canyon which has served as a key transportation route since the late 1850s when thousands were chasing gold using boats and pack horses in a rush that would end in barkerville, hundreds of miles and many days away in the cariboo. Colloquially, the term fraser canyon is often used to include the thompson canyon from lytton to ashcroft, since they form the same highway route which most people.

The drive along hwy 24 is really quite lovely with rolling hills and lots of lakes.

Find local businesses and nearby restaurants, see local traffic and road conditions. The fraser canyon highway portion of the cariboo road ran from hope to lytton along the fraser canyon alongside the canadian pacific and canadian national railway lines. Colloquially, the term fraser canyon is often used to include the thompson canyon from lytton to ashcroft, since they form the same highway route which most people. Official road map of british columbia, the h.m.