British Columbia Highway 20

Highway 20 in British Columbia, Canada
Chilcotin - Bella Coola
Basic data
Operator:	British Columbia Ministry of Transportation
Start of the street:	Williams Lake ( 52 ° 8 ′  N , 122 ° 8 ′  W )
End of street:	Bella Coola ( 52 ° 22 ′  N , 126 ° 49 ′  W )
Overall length:	456 km
Regional District :	Cariboo Central Coast
Bridge over the Fraser River
Course of the road Further on  Williams Lake Fraser River Donkeys Isnardy Riske Creek Lee's Corner Alexis Creek Redstone Chilanko forks Tatla Lake Kleena Kleene Towdystan Nimpo Lake Anahim Lake Airport Anahim Lake Tweedsmuir South Provinicial Park Heckman Pass Atnarko Study Firvale Hagensborg Bella Coola BC Ferries to Port Hardy and Prince Rupert  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The British Columbia Highway 20 in British Columbia has its beginning in Williams Lake and covers a distance of 456 km to Bella Coola , which on a fjord , the North Bentinck Arm on the west coast of Canada is located.

Route

The highway begins in Williams Lake west of the lake of the same name as a junction of Highway 97 . It leads first to the southwest into the valley of the Fraser River and crosses this 24 km after the start of the highway. After another 10 km there is a crossroads from which a cul-de-sac leads north. From there you come to the Williams Lake LORAN-C Tower , a LORAN transmitter for lake navigation , after approx. 500 m . Passing a few smaller places you came to Alexis Creek .

The highway on the rise to the Heckmann Pass

The next section of the highway leads west along Redstone and Chilanko Forks to Tatla Lake , which is located at the western end of the lake of the same name. The highway changes direction to the northwest, but from Anahim Lake back to the west. The road crosses Tweedsmuir South Provinicial Park . In the park, the highway also crosses the Heckman Pass at a pass height of 1524  m . In this area, the highway is not asphalted for a long distance, but only gravel. At the end of the park, the highway enters the valley of the Bella Coola River , which the route follows to its end. The highway itself ends west of Bella Coola, there is a ferry port from where you can travel to Port Hardy in the south or to Prince Rupert in the north.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Official Numbered Routes in British Columbia. Government of British Columbia, accessed December 4, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Landmark Kilometer Inventory (LKI). Government of British Columbia, accessed December 4, 2018 .