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East gate of Jasper National Park: Yellowhead County 96.6: 60.0: Highway 40 north (Big Horn Highway) – Grande Cache, Grande Prairie: West end of Hwy 40 concurrency: Hinton: 98.5: 61.2: Highway 40 south (Big Horn Highway) – Cadomin: East end of Hwy 40 concurrency: 103.2: 64.1: Switzer Drive – Hinton Valley District 125.2: 77.8: Obed Summit ...
The Jasper–Prince Rupert train (formerly the Skeena and Panorama, [4] now known as Trains 5/6, sometimes called The Rupert Rocket) [5] is a Canadian passenger train service operated by Via Rail between Jasper, Alberta, Prince George and Prince Rupert in British Columbia.
With a land area of 33.32 km 2 (12.86 sq mi), it had a population density of 294.6/km 2 (763.1/sq mi) in 2021. [5] In the Canada 2016 Census conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Hinton recorded a population of 9,882 living in 3,930 of its 4,343 total private dwellings, a 2.5% increase from its
Hinton Trail is a locality in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. It is approximately 40 km (25 mi) southwest of Grande Prairie at the north end of the Hinton Trail which ran from Jasper to Hinton, and then on to "the grande prairie". [ 1 ]
Highway 93A south of Jasper is narrow and the pavement uneven, with an average limit of 60 km/h (37 mph). Brush grows up to the side of the highway so animals can be difficult to see. Old Fort Point Road branches east of Highway 93A and quickly leads to Old Fort Point Bridge, where vehicles can cross the Athabasca River .
Jasper-Hinton Airport (IATA: YJP, TC LID: CEC4) is located 9.5 nautical miles (17.6 km; 10.9 mi) southwest of Hinton, Alberta, Canada.The airport has three affiliated air charter operators conducting scenic tours of nearby Jasper National Park, Mount Robson and the Columbia Icefields as well as providing aerial services for mining, forestry and wildlife research.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Jasper was 41.2 °C (106 °F) on June 30, 2021. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −47.2 °C (−53 °F) on January 24, 1916. [17] Summers in Jasper are pleasant, with daily highs usually around 21.1 °C (70 °F) and lows around 7.2 °C (45 °F).
The towns of Jasper to the west and Edson to the east were nearby. Slightly over half of the 171-kilometre (106 mi) stretch of track between Jasper and Edson was double-tracked, including 18.0 kilometres (11.2 mi) of trackage from Hargwen control point west to Dalehurst control point.