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Coquihalla Summit (el. 1,244 m or 4,081 ft) is a highway summit along the Coquihalla Highway in British Columbia, Canada. [1] It is the highest point on the highway between the cities of Hope and Merritt .
Highway 5 is the only highway in British Columbia to have had tolls; a typical passenger vehicle toll was $10. [3] Now free to drive, at the Coquihalla Lakes junction, the highway crosses from the Fraser Valley Regional District into the Thompson-Nicola Regional District . 61 km (38 mi) and five interchanges north of the former toll plaza.
Coquihalla Canyon Park is on the north shore of the Coquihalla River in southwestern British Columbia. This provincial park includes the Othello Tunnels to the east and the mouth of the Nicolum River to the south. [2] The tunnels were part of the Kettle Valley Railway (KV). Off Othello Rd, the locality is by road about 8 kilometres (5 mi) east ...
The Coquihalla River (originally locally / ˌ k ɒ k ɪ ˈ h æ l ə / or more recently and popularly / ˌ k oʊ k ɪ ˈ h æ l ə / [4]) is a tributary of the Fraser River in the Cascade Mountains of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It originates in the Coquihalla Lakes and empties into the Fraser River at Hope.
Coquihalla may refer to: Coquihalla River, British Columbia, Canada Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park; Coquihalla River Provincial Park; Coquihalla Summit, British Columbia, Canada; Okanagan—Coquihalla, a former federal electoral district in British Columbia
Coquihalla Mountain is an extinct stratovolcano in Similkameen Country, southwestern British Columbia, Canada, located 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Falls Lake and 22 km (14 mi) west of Tulameen between the Coquihalla and Tulameen rivers. With a topographic prominence of 816 m (2,677 ft), it towers above adjacent mountain ridges.
Coquihalla River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located 25 km (16 mi) north of the town of Hope on BC Highway 5 adjacent to the Coquihalla River. [2] The park was established as the Coquihalla River Recreation Area in 1986, comprising approximately 100 hectares (250 acres). It was upgraded in full provincial ...
The expressway and freeway sections of the highway are known as Okanagan Connector or Coquihalla Connector. The section of Highway 97C between Highway 5 and Highway 97 is a core route of the National Highway System .