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Pitt River Ferry: Crossed the Pitt River between Pitt Meadows and what is now Port Coquitlam. Vessel Unknown Conventional - Gasoline Engine [23] Vehicle capacity not known. Passenger capacity not known. Unknown. George Mouldey with subsidies from the Government of British Columbia. [24] [25] Ran from 27 September 1902 [26] until March 1915. [27]
Parson is an unincorporated community on the east shore of the Columbia River, in the Columbia Valley region of southeastern British Columbia. [1] The locality, on BC Highway 95 , is by road about 212 kilometres (132 mi) north of Cranbrook and 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Golden .
At least from mid-1859, a ferry operated about 4 kilometres (2 mi) to the north. [1]From about 1859, Otis Parsons, who supervised the team that built the section of the Douglas Road to the head of Anderson Lake, operated the Parsonville ferry until his death. [2]
[1] 6 km upstream from the ferry is French Bar Canyon (sometimes known as Big Bar Canyon), while downstream is High Bar Canyon (the ferry is located at one of the few places possible for a river crossing accessible by road from both sides in this area). The ferry connects the dirt ranch road up the west side of the Fraser from Lillooet to Big ...
The ferry terminal landing is accessed from British Columbia Highway 1 by taking exit 53 into Port Kells, Surrey and proceeding to the end of 104th Avenue. [31] The ferry operates under private contract with the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and is free of tolls, as are all inland ferries in British Columbia. [33]
Fort Steele Bridge across the Kootenay River: 97.19: 60.39: Wardner Fort Steele Road (Highway 935:1381 south) – Wardner 120.71: 75.01: Wasa Bridge across the Kootenay River: 120.84: 75.09: Highway 95A south – Kimberley: 133.28: 82.82: Springbrook Bridge across the Kootenay River: Canal Flats: 161.80: 100.54: Canal Flats Bridge across the ...
This area was opened up by La Vérendrye in 1731–1737. Following the current downstream leads to the Nelson River and Hudson Bay, which is not very useful. (The Nelson River is difficult and the parallel Hayes River was preferred. The Hayes route became more important after 1821 when much trade shifted from Montreal to York Factory)
The southern terminus of Highway 99 is at the Peace Arch Border Crossing on the international border between the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington. [3] It is a continuation of Interstate 5, a freeway that continues south towards Seattle and major cities on the U.S. West Coast, ultimately ending near Tijuana ...