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sights and attractions, the little-known facts and history of
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We'll start in Smithers at the intersection of Highway 16
and Main St.
Please set your odometer to 0
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More information about Smithers
- Supplies and Services are here
- Accommodations are here
If you like to hike, drive the Ski Hill Road from Smithers.
It's about 24 km to the southern shoulder of Hudson Bay Mountain.
From the ski area parking lot, you can hike to a view point
and look down at the Town of Smithers and the Bulkley Valley.
Follow the ski hill signs from the highway. 
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KM 12.1
MILE 7.5
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Tyhee Lake Provincial Park
turnoff |
| Tyhee Lake is at the top of the hill and the park
is a convenient place to camp, picnic or enjoy the view. |
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KM 13
MILE 8.1
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Village of Telkwa |
| Visit the Telkwa Museum
during the summer months. |
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KM 16.8
MILE 10.4
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Tree nursery |
| On the west side of the highway, the long plastic-covered
greenhouses are used to grow tree seedlings. All the logging
cut blocks in our region are replanted with small seedlings
to replace the harvested timber. |
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KM 18.1
MILE 11.2
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Rest stop |
| Far off to the west, you can see a large peak
that looks like a pyramid. That is Mt. Sir Robert and Highway
16 is on the far side, on the way from Hazelton to Terrace.
Highway 16 was originally surveyed to cut through the mountains
to Terrace but was built in a large arc to the north to serve
the Hazeltons. The close mountains to the southwest are the
Telkwa Range. |
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KM 20.4
MILE 12.6
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Woodmere Road |
| There are many farms and ranches on the back roads
in the Woodmere area. |
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KM 24.5
MILE 15.1
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Round Lake turnoff, Quick turnoff |
| The Quick Road to the west winds past farms then
crosses the Bulkley River. |
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Telegraph Cabin |
| On the west side of the highway, you can see an
original cabin from the Collins Telegraph Line. It was no larger
than needed for two men and their supplies, which were delivered
by pack train. One man operated the telegraph, the other patrolled
and repaired the telegraph line. There were no other settlers
in our area when the Telegraph was first built, but by 1905,
newcomers began establishing farms and ranches. |
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KM 35
MILE 21.7
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Walcott area |
| To the west (right) you will see the Telkwa Range.
If you turn west on the Walcott Road and drive to the Bulkley
River, you can visit a steel suspension bridge only wide enough
for foot traffic. Originally, it was built in Scotland and spanned
the Bulkley river at Hagwilget. Later, it was replaced and cut
down in width to fit the river at Walcott. |
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KM 45.8
MILE 28.4
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Hungry Hill Summit |
| The mountain to the north is Grouse Mountain.
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KM 46.3
MILE 28.7
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Summit Lake Road |
| Summit Lake Road follows the old Collins Telegraph
Trail that was built in 1865 to link San Francisco with Europe
by land-based telegraph lines across the Bering Strait and Russia.
The Telegraph came through Prince George, followed the Bulkley
Valley and turned north at Hazelton. It was never completed
- a telegraph cable across the Atlantic made it unnecessary.
The telegraph line was later completed to the Yukon gold fields
in 1899 and served for a short time. |
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Irrigation Lake Park turnoff |
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KM 52.8
MILE 32.8
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Mountain in distance |
| Morice Mountain is on the right. Mountain goat,
grizzly bear and moose spend much of the summer months in the
alpine area. |
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KM 57.8
MILE 35.8
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Rest stop |
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KM 60.6
MILE 37.6
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Buck Flats |
| As we approach Houston, we will pass Morice Mountain
on the right (south). |
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KM 63
MILE 39.1
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You should be in Houston |
Here's more information about Houston,
services are here
and accommodations are here
Be certain to stop by Steelhead Park on the north side of the
highway to see the World's Largest Flyrod and the flower beds.
A good place to relax. |
 Houston
to Burns Lake - 80.5 km, 50 miles or 50 minutes
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Smithers
to Houston - 63 km, 39 miles or 39
minutes
