Stewart–Cassiar Highway | |||||||
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Stikine Highway Dease Lake Highway |
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Highway 37 near Good Hope Lake
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Length: | 874 km (543 mi) | ||||||
Existed: | 1975 – present | ||||||
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South end: | Kitimat, BC | ||||||
BC 16 in Terrace BC 113 at Cranberry Junction BC 37A at Meziadin Junction |
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North end: | Hwy 1 near Upper Liard, YT | ||||||
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British Columbia provincial highways Territorial highways in YukonMiscellaneous
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British Columbia provincial highways
The Stewart–Cassiar Highway, also known as the Dease Lake Highway and the Stikine Highway as well as the Terrace–Kitimat Highway from Kitimat to Terrace, is the northwesternmost highway in the Canadian province of British Columbia. A scenic route through some of the province's most isolated areas, the highway first gained designation as British Columbia Highway 37 in 1975. At that time, its southern terminus was at the community of New Hazelton on the BC Highway 16 (the Yellowhead Highway). In 1979, with the completion of a new bridge, the highway's Yellowhead junction was relocated to a point on Highway 16 just south of the site of Kitwanga. Highway 37 was then extended south to Kitimat in 1986, using a stretch of road that was previously designated Highway 25. At the north end, the highway briefly stretches into Yukon, becoming Yukon Highway 37.
Highway 37 starts its 874 km (543 mi) journey in the south at Kitimat. 59 km (37 mi) north, Highway 37 reaches Terrace, where it merges onto the Yellowhead Highway. The Yellowhead coincides with Highway 37 east for 91 km (57 mi) to Kitwanga Junction, where the Yellowhead diverges east.