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In the west, the highway begins at Masset, British Columbia , heading south along Graham Island for 101 km to Skidegate . It then connects via a 172 km-long ferry route to Prince Rupert, then passes southeastward for 724 km through to Prince George, then goes another 268 km through to Tête Jaune Cache , enters Alberta through the Rocky Mountains near Jasper (100 km from Tête Jaune Cache), and passes through Edmonton another 366 km later, and Saskatoon 532 km later, before meeting the Trans Canada Highway at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 697 km from Saskatoon. The total length of the Yellowhead Highway, including ferries, is 2,960 km.

A spur of the Yellowhead Highway, Highway 5, connects the main highway at Tête Jaune Cache, British Columbia midway between the Alberta-British Columbia border and Prince George to Kamloops, British ColumbiaKamloops is a city in central British Columbia, Canada at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River. It is the seat of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. Industry Major Kamloops-area industries include primary resource processing (pulp on the Trans-Canada Highway.

1 See also

• List of Canadian highways by provinceThe following is a list of highways seen here: List of Alberta provincial highways List of British Columbia provincial highways List of Manitoba provincial highways List of New Brunswick provincial highways List of Newfoundland and Labrador highways List

2 External link

• Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway Association